conduit n : a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

English

Noun

1. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
3. A means by which something is transmitted.

Derived terms

• conduit bender

Translations

• Finnish: putki (1,2)
• Italian: condotto (1,2)
• Spanish: conducto

French

Verb form

conduit

1. third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive form of conduire
2. past participle of conduire
3. third-person singular past historic form of conduire

A conduit is a general term for a means of conveying something from one location to another or between persons.

Examples of conduits:

• Waterways (such as rivers and canals)
• Channels for carrying water or other fluids (such as pipes and aqueducts)
• Electrical conduit: A protective cover for cables
• An air duct used for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning purposes
• Someone who conveys information, whether publicly (such as a prophet or spokesman) or in secret (such as a mole or an informant)
• Something that conveys information (such as television, a computer network or a web site)
• A magma conduit, a channel created inside a volcano by molten magma and by which magma travels to the surface
• The Silk Road was a conduit between the East and the West
• Another name for the lower part of a plant embryo (suspensor) through which nutrients are conducted
• An evergreen special purpose vehicle or structured investment vehicle used to fund the purchase of assets through the issuance of commercial paper.

Other uses

• Conduit (comics), a comics villain
• CONduit (convention), a sci-fi convention
• Conduit Labs, A web-based social entertainment company
• Conduit Road, a road in Hong Kong and Sheffield, England
• Conduit (fabric), a waterproof breathable fabric manufactured by Mountain Hardware
• Conduit (software), a computer program
• Conduit (toolbar builder), A toolbar builder website
• The Conduit, a video game for the Wii console
• "Conduit (The X-Files episode)", the fourth episode of the first season of The X-Files
• White Conduit Club, a cricket club
• Conduit, Glyn
• Conduit, a Customer Services employment building in East Point Business Park in Dublin, Ireland

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