conduits

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

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noun

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

a similar natural passage.

Electricity. a structure containing one or more ducts.

Archaic. a fountain.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Medieval Latin conductus pipe channel; see conduce, duct

Synonyms
1. duct, main, channel.

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

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