duct
IPA: dˈʌkt
noun
- 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
- (anatomy) a vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile
- (botany) a tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air
- (physics) 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
- (obsolete) guidance, direction
verb
- to enclose in a duct
- to channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts
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