conduit
playSimple Definition of conduit
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: a pipe or tube through which something (such as water or wire) passes
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: someone or something that is used as a way of sending something (such as information or money) from one place or person to another
Full Definition of conduit
1 : a natural or artificial channel through which something (as a fluid) is conveyed
2 archaic : fountain
3 : a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables
4 : a means of transmitting or distributing <a conduit for illicit payments> <a conduit of information>
Examples of conduit in a sentence
<the major conduit for carrying water to the military base>
<water flowed along the conduit to the fountain>
Origin and Etymology of conduit
Middle English, from Anglo-French cunduit pipe, passage, conduct, in part from cunduit, past participle of cunduire to lead, from Latin conducere, in part from Medieval Latin conductus — more at conduct
First Known Use: 14th century
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