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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, especially 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.
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Duct
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| microscopic projection of a tissue, cell or cell organelle |
Origin:
1640–50; < Latin ductus conveyance (of water), hence channel (in ML), equivalent to duc- (variant stem of dūcere to lead) + -tus suffix of verbal action
1640–50; < Latin ductus conveyance (of water), hence channel (in ML), equivalent to duc- (variant stem of dūcere to lead) + -tus suffix of verbal action
Related forms
duct·less, adjective
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World English Dictionary
duct (dʌkt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tube, pipe, or canal by means of which a substance, esp a fluid or gas, is conveyed |
| 2. | any bodily passage, esp one conveying secretions or excretions |
| 3. | a narrow tubular cavity in plants, often containing resin or some other substance |
| 4. | Also called: conduit a channel or pipe carrying electric cable or wires |
| 5. | a passage through which air can flow, as in air conditioning |
| 6. | the ink reservoir in a printing press |
| [C17: from Latin ductus a leading (in Medieval Latin: aqueduct), from dūcere to lead] | |
| 'ductless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
duct
1640s, from L. ductus "a leading," pp. of ducere "to lead" (see duke). Ductile was in M.E.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
duct (dŭkt)
n.
A tubular bodily canal or passage, especially one for carrying a glandular secretion such as bile.
duct·al adj.
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Science Dictionary
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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Example sentences
Only one of the three pipe bombs in the duct-tape-clad package actually detonated.
Duct taped this backwards toward sole of boot for a few days.
Apply masking or duct tape around the sharp screening edges to protect small hands from injury.
The vent duct delivers combustion gases from the burner to outside the house.
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