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A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
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A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
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Broader terms: raceway, pathway, covering
A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
A means by which something is transmitted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
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A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the computers were connected through a system of conduits
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Broader terms: passage
Narrower terms: aqueduct, duct, flue, millrace, millrun, sluice, sluiceway, penstock, spillway, spill, wasteweir, tube, tubing, waterspout
From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.
Across languages
Translations 85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
тръба
(trǎba)
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Bulgarian :
тръбопровод
(trǎboprovod)
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Catalan :
conducte
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Dutch :
buis
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Dutch :
leiding
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Finnish :
vesijohto
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Finnish :
johto
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Kanal
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Leitung
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Leitungsrohr
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Rohr
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Rohrleitung
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Wasserleitung
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Wasserrohr
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Aquädukt
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Gerinne
— pipe or channel for conveying water
German :
Röhre
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Ancient Greek :
ὀχετός
(okhetós)
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hindi :
पनारा
(panārā)
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hindi :
परनाला
(parnālā)
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hungarian :
vízvezeték
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hungarian :
vezeték
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hungarian :
cső
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hungarian :
csővezeték
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Hungarian :
csatorna
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Italian :
condotto
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Latin :
canālis
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Polish :
rura
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Polish :
kanał
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Russian :
водово́д
(vodovód)
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Scottish Gaelic :
seòl-phìob
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Spanish :
conducto
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Swedish :
vattenledningsrör
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Turkish :
boru hattı
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Turkish :
kanal
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Turkish :
su borusu
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Turkish :
su hattı
— pipe or channel for conveying water
Catalan :
conduit
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Dutch :
pijp
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Finnish :
asennusputki
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Finnish :
kaapelikanava
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Finnish :
roilo
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Isolierrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Kabelkanal
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Leerrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Leitkanal
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Leitungsrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Leitungsröhre
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Führungsrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Führungskanal
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Installationsrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Installationskanal
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Elektroinstallationsrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Leitungskanal
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Wellschlauch
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Wellrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Panzerrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
German :
Kabelrohr
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Hungarian :
kábelcső
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Hungarian :
védőcső
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Hungarian :
vezetékcsatorna
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Hungarian :
kábelcsatorna
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Hungarian :
gégecső
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Italian :
condotto
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Polish :
rurka kablowa
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Polish :
kanał kablowy
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Portuguese :
conduíte
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Russian :
кабель-канал
(kabelʹ-kanal)
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Spanish :
conducto
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Swedish :
ledning
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Turkish :
elektrik borusu
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Turkish :
elektrik tesisat borusu
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Turkish :
kablo kanalı
— duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled
Dutch :
kanaal
— A means by which something is transmitted
French :
canal
— A means by which something is transmitted
German :
Führung
— A means by which something is transmitted
German :
Übertragungsweg
— A means by which something is transmitted
German :
Leitkanal
— A means by which something is transmitted
German :
Verbindungslinie
— A means by which something is transmitted
German :
Verbindung
— A means by which something is transmitted
Polish :
kanał
— A means by which something is transmitted
Russian :
проводни́к
(provodník)
— A means by which something is transmitted
Swedish :
kanal
— A means by which something is transmitted
Turkish :
bağlantı
— A means by which something is transmitted
Turkish :
bağlantı hattı
— A means by which something is transmitted
