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Definition of Conduit
1. Noun. A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass. "The computers were connected through a system of conduits"
Generic synonyms: Passage
Definition of Conduit
1. n. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
Definition of Conduit
1. Noun. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc. ¹
2. Noun. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway. ¹
3. Noun. A means by which something is transmitted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conduit
1. a channel or pipe for conveying fluids [n -S]
Medical Definition of Conduit
1. A channel. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conduit
Literary usage of Conduit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1895)
"I&f 4^; to the smith for worke at the conduit, 5/1. 191 ~d.' Ibid. for 1687-88, '
to Mr. Robinson, mason, (Charles) Cole, the plummer, Mr. Wood, stonecutter ..."
2. A survey of London: Written in the Year 1598 by John Stow, William John Thoms (1876)
"106. conduit by St. Mary Magdalen, 8. conduit by St. Nicholas Colde abbey, ibid.
conduit at ... conduit, Little, by the Stocks market, ibid. conduit in ..."
3. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"... m. sheet of water, waters : conduit. ... f. conduit, flood-gate, torrent,
cataract, ... f. water-pipe, conduit, GL. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"It was also noted that in this conduit, which was made up of nine ducts, ...
This indicates that any conduit has a total carrying capacity dependent upon ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1800)
"... conduit was the more ... Second fit, relative to the conduit of the ...
conduit of the court of proprietors on that ..."
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