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con⋅duit

[kon-dwit, -doo-it, -dyoo-it, -dit]
–noun
1. a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.
2. a similar natural passage.
3. Electricity. a structure containing one or more ducts.
4. Archaic. a fountain.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF, OF < ML conductus pipe channel; see conduce, duct


1. duct, main, channel.
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con·duit   (kŏn'dōō-ĭt, -dĭt)   
n.  
  1. A pipe or channel for conveying fluids, such as water.

  2. A tube or duct for enclosing electric wires or cable.

  3. A means by which something is transmitted: an arms dealer who served as a conduit for intelligence data.

  4. Archaic A fountain.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin conductus, from Latin, past participle of condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.]
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Word Origin & History

conduit 
c.1300, from O.Fr. conduit, from L. conductus "a leading, a pipe" (see conduct).
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Medical Dictionary

conduit con·duit (kŏn'd&oomacr;-ĭt)
n.
A channel for the passage of fluids.

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Bible Dictionary

Conduit

a water-course or channel (Job 38:25). The "conduit of the upper pool" (Isa. 7:3) was formed by Hezekiah for the purpose of conveying the waters from the upper pool in the valley of Gihon to the west side of the city of David (2 Kings 18:17; 20:20; 2 Chr. 32:30). In carrying out this work he stopped "the waters of the fountains which were without the city" i.e., "the upper water-course of Gihon", and conveyed it down from the west through a canal into the city, so that in case of a siege the inhabitants of the city might have a supply of water, which would thus be withdrawn from the enemy. (See SILOAM.) There are also the remains of a conduit which conducted water from the so-called "Pools of Solomon," beyond Bethlehem, into the city. Water is still conveyed into the city from the fountains which supplied these pools by a channel which crosses the valley of Hinnom.

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