About The Word Conduit
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Conduit
Conduit Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Conduit?
[n] a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Conduit: Related Terms | Find terms related to Conduit: access | adit | aisle | alley | ambulatory | aperture | aqueduct | arcade | artery | avenue | canal | channel | cloister | colonnade | communication | connection | corridor | course | covered way | defile | ditch | duct | egress | entrance | exit | ferry | ford | gallery | ingress | inlet | interchange | intersection | junction | lane | opening | outlet | overpass | pass | passage | passageway | portico | railroad tunnel | traject | trajet | trench | trough | troughing | troughway | tunnel | underpass | watercourse | way See Also | aqueduct | canal | duct | flue | gutter | millrace | millrun | passage | penstock | sluice | sluiceway | spill | spillway | trough | tube | tubing | wasteweir | watercourse | waterspout | waterway Conduit In Webster's Dictionary \Con"duit\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. LL. conductus
escort, conduit. See {Conduct}.]
1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or
fluid.
All the conduits of my blood froze up. --Shak.
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of
which, through a hundred different conduits, we have
drunk. --Burke.
2. (Arch.)
(a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. --Oxf.
Gloss.
(b) A narrow passage for private communication.
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