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conduit

[ kon-dwit, -doo-it, -dyoo-it, -dit ]

noun

  1. a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.

    Synonyms: channel, main, duct

  2. a similar natural passage.
  3. any means of transmission or conveyance, as of information:

    According to rumor, he served as a conduit for Israeli intelligence.

  4. Electricity. a structure containing one or more ducts.
  5. Archaic. a fountain.


conduit

/ -djʊɪt; ˈkɒndɪt /

noun

  1. a pipe or channel for carrying a fluid
  2. a rigid tube or duct for carrying and protecting electrical wires or cables
  3. an agency or means of access, communication, etc
  4. botany a water-transporting element in a plant; a xylem vessel or a tracheid
  5. a rare word for fountain


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Word History and Origins

Origin of conduit1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English conduit, condut, condewit, condit, from Old French conduit, from Medieval Latin conductus “pipe channel”; conduce, duct

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conduit1

C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin conductus channel, aqueduct, from Latin condūcere to lead, conduce

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Example Sentences

The group, which was founded in 2001, uses an American nonprofit as conduit for donations.

Although Moore was the conduit between Thompson and White, she has since proclaimed her innocence.

For several years, Muhammad was also the conduit for statements from Osama bin Laden.

“We view our role as simply a conduit to connect voters with information,” Bates said.

He was the conduit through which hundreds of people knew one another and kept in touch and up to date with each other.

Nothing—nothing but the smell of ozone and an echo bouncing crazily off the walls of the conduit.

It was not unusual, for instance, to see dead bodies washed before burial in the conduit of drinking water!

The best water in Mekka is brought by a conduit from the vicinity of Arafat, six or seven hours distant.

The fore part of his head was bald; but the hair grew thin and long behind, and every separate lock was a conduit for water.

The conduit, R', leads the sulphide of carbon in a state of vapor to the condensing apparatus.

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