Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Con"duit (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. LL. conductus
escort, conduit. See Conduct.]
1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or
fluid.

All the conduits of my blood froze up. --Shak.

This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of
which, through a hundred different conduits, we have
drunk. --Burke.

2. (Arch.)
(a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. --Oxf.
Gloss.
(b) A narrow passage for private communication.

See Also: aqueduct, canal, duct, flue, gutter, millrace, millrun, passage, penstock, sluice, sluiceway, spill, spillway, trough, tube, tubing, wasteweir, watercourse, waterspout, waterway

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