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Webster 1913 Edition


Conduit

Con′duit

(? or ?; 277)
,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different
conduits
, we have drunk.
Burke.
(b)
A narrow passage for private communication.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conduit

CONDUIT

,
Noun.
[L., to conduct.]
1.
A canal or pipe for the conveyance of water; an aqueduct. Conduits are made of lead, stone, cast iron, wood, &c., above or below the surface of the earth.
2.
A vessel that conveys the blood or other fluid.
The conduits of my blood.
3.
A conductor.
These organs are the nerves which are the conduits to convey them from without to their audience in the brain.
4.
A pipe or cock for drawing off liquor.
5.
Any channel that conveys water or fluids; a sink, sewer or drain.

Definition 2024


conduit

conduit

See also: conduït

English

Noun

conduit (plural conduits)

  1. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
  2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
  3. A means by which something is transmitted.
  4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

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French

Etymology

From Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.

Noun

conduit m (plural conduits)

  1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)

Verb

conduit m (feminine singular conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)

  1. past participle of conduire

Verb

conduit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire