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duct

[duhkt]
–noun
1. any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. Anatomy, Zoology. a tube, canal, or vessel conveying a body fluid, esp. a glandular secretion or excretion.
3. Botany. a cavity or vessel formed by elongated cells or by many cells.
4. Electricity. a single enclosed runway for conductors or cables.
5. Printing. (in a press) the reservoir for ink.
–verb (used with object)
6. to convey or channel by means of a duct or ducts: Heat from the oven is ducted to the outside.

Origin:
1640–50; < L ductus conveyance (of water), hence channel (in ML), equiv. to duc- (var. s. of dūcere to lead) + -tus suffix of verbal action


ductless, adjective
duct   (dŭkt)   
n.  
  1. An often enclosed passage or channel for conveying a substance, especially a liquid or gas.
  2. Anatomy A tubular bodily canal or passage, especially one for carrying a glandular secretion: a tear duct.
  3. A tube or pipe for enclosing electrical cables or wires.
tr.v.   duct·ed, duct·ing, ducts
  1. To channel through a duct: duct the moist air away.
  2. To supply with ducts.

[Latin ductus, act of leading, from past participle of dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
duct'al adj., duct'less adj.

Duct

Duct\, n. [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]

1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.

3. (Bot.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.

Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.

4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] --Hammond.
Language Translation for : duct
Spanish: conducto,
German: die Röhre,
Japanese: 導管

duct 
1650, from L. ductus "a leading," pp. of ducere "to lead" (see duke). Ductile was in M.E.

Main Entry: duct
Pronunciation: 'd&kt
Function: noun
: a bodily tube or vessel especially when carrying the secretion of a gland

duct (dŭkt)
n.
A tubular bodily canal or passage, especially one for carrying a glandular secretion such as bile.


duct·al adj.

duct   (dŭkt)  Pronunciation Key 
A tube or tubelike structure through which something flows, especially a tube in the body for carrying a fluid secreted that is by a gland.
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