duct en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /dʌkt/
- dŭkt
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor.
1958 June 14, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 394:heating and air-conditioning ducts
- A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. ▸ An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
- A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. ▸ A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile.
- A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. ▸ A tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air.
- 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.
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(obsolete) Guidance, direction.
[…] otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations.
1650, Henry Hammond, Of the reasonableness of Christian religion:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ducts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tympanic duct · duct engine · urogenital duct · Gartner's duct · ductal · gonoduct · right lymphatic duct · microduct · ventiduct · Mullerian duct · ductlike · viaduct · coelomoduct · ductule · spermaduct · aeroduct · vanishing bile duct syndrome · mesonephric duct · caliduct · lipoduction · ductography · polyduct · spermoduct · duct detector · air-duct · aqueduct · hepatic duct · vestibular duct · intraduct · ductless · ductway · oviduct · duct- · duct tape · ductiform · caloriduct · submandibular duct · ductoscopy · gonaduct · ductwork · duct flute · submaxillary duct · ducto- · Wharton's duct · Gaertner's duct · ductile · common bile duct · bypass duct
Translations (50)
la canālis (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ar مَجْرى (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fi kanava (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · hu vezeték (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · bg тръба́ (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · grc ὀχετός (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · de Rohr (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ru воздухово́д (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ru прото́к (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · pt duto (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · de Leitung (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ga ducht (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · hu cső (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fr canalisation (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ca conducte (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ar شَأن (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · tl anuran (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fa گذر (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · it condotto (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ru кана́л (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · cmn 管子 (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ota ماسوره (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fa لوله (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · nl leiding (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fa راه (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fr tuyau (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ja 導管 (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · bg кана́л (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fi putki (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · hu csatorna (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · da kanal (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ru труба́ (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · cmn 管 (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fa مجرا (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · gl cano (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · nb kanal (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · nl buis (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ja ダクト (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · hy ծորան (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · es conducto (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · he תְּעָלָה (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · ko 덕트 (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · cmn 導管 /导管 (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · fr conduit (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · hy խողովակ (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · mi pū (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · pt tubo (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · nn kanal (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · he מוֹבָל (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another) · he צִנּוֹר (pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another)