Conduit

  • 21Conduit — This unusual and interesting name is of Medieval English origin and is a topographical surname denoting someone who lived near to a water channel and perhaps therefore by a fountain or a pump. The derivation of the name is from the Middle English …

    Surnames reference

  • 22Conduit — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Channel for the passage of water. < N PARAG:Conduit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 conduit conduit channel duct watercourse race Sgm: N 1 head race head race tail race Sgm: N 1 abito abito aboideau …

    English dictionary for students

  • 23conduit — [[t]kɒ̱ndjuɪt, AM duɪt[/t]] conduits 1) N COUNT A conduit is a small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go. Syn: pipe 2) N COUNT: oft N for/to n A conduit is a person or country that links two or more other people or …

    English dictionary

  • 24conduit — noun Etymology: 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 Date: 14th century 1. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25Conduit —    A water course or channel (Job 38:25). The conduit of the upper pool (Isa. 7:3) was formed by Hezekiah for the purpose of conveying the waters from the upper pool in the valley of Gihon to the west side of the city of David (2 Kings 18:17;… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 26conduit — con|duit [ˈkɔndjuıt, dıt US ˈka:nduıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin conductus; CONDUCT1] 1.) technical a pipe or passage through which water, gas, a set of electric wires etc passes 2.) formal a connection between two things… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27conduit — UK [ˈkɒndjuɪt] / UK [ˈkɒndɪt] / US [ˈkɑnˌduɪt] / US [ˈkɑndɪt] noun [countable] Word forms conduit : singular conduit plural conduits 1) a pipe or passage that water flows through to go from one place to another 2) formal a person, place, or… …

    English dictionary

  • 28conduit — vamzdis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. conduit; duct; pipe; pipeline; tube vok. Leitung, f; Röhre, f; Rohr, n; Rohrleitung, f; Rohrstrang, m rus. труба, f; трубопровод, m pranc. canalisation, f; conduit, m; conduite, f; tube, m;… …

    Automatikos terminų žodynas

  • 29conduit — nm. => Tuyau, Cheminée. A1) conduit // tuyau conduit (en bois ou métal, souvent fait en verne) qui amène l eau d un source au dessus d un bassin : borné nm., bornyô (Albanais). E. : Goulotte …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 30conduit —    , karst conduit    Relatively large dissolutional voids, including enlarged fissures and tubular tunnels; in some usage the term is restricted to voids that are water filled. Conduits may include all voids greater than 10mm in diameter, but… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology