duct

Meaning

1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
2. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
3. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
4. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
5. A layer (as in the atmosphere or the ocean) which occurs under usually abnormal conditions and in which radio or sound waves are confined to a restricted path
6. (obsolete) Guidance, direction

canal

main pipe

smoking pipe

vascular system

walk-through

lamp globe

canalis

passage-way

sluiceway

government

management

government activity

management personnel

driving slot

guide tube

pipe alley

ventilating duct

draught tube

conduct pipe

conductor pipe

cooling duct

tremie pipe

conduit pipe

drill way

connecting conduct

guiding pipe

polw groove

line of pipes

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌkt/

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

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