duct

1 a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" [syn: epithelial duct, canal, channel]

2 a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

3 an enclosed conduit for a fluid

English

Pronunciation

• dŭkt, /dʌkt/, /dVkt/

• Rhymes: -ʌkt

Etymology

ductus, past participle of ducere "to lead, draw"

Noun

1. a pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another, as in heating and air-conditioning ducts.

Derived terms

• ductal
• ducted
• ducting
• ductor
• duct tape
• Mullerian ducts
• Wolffian ducts

Translations

• Dutch: buis , leiding
• Finnish: putki
• French: tuyau
• Japanese: ダクト （dakuto）
• Italian: condotto
• Korean: 덕트 (deokteu)
• Spanish: conducto

Verb

1. To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts)

A duct may refer to:

• Duct (HVAC) (Heating Ventilating and Air-Conditioning), for transfer of air between spaces in a building
• Duct (anatomy), various ducts in anatomy and physiology
• Ducted fan, motor for aircraft
• Electrical bus duct, a metal enclosure for bus bars
• Duct tape, a kind of adhesive tape

Telecommunication

• Atmospheric duct
• A set of Electrical conduits, entering a building underground is referred to as a duct bank.

See also

• Ducked

Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, adit, aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, ditch, egress, emunctory, entrance, exit, fistula, ingress, intestines, meatus, ostium, oviduct, passage, passageway, pore, salpinx, thoracic duct, trench, trough, troughing, troughway, tunnel, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas, vessel, watercourse, way