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Conduit

Conduit Meaning & Definition
Conduit Definition And Meaning

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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