duct

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(dŭkt) pronunciation
n.
  1. An often enclosed passage or channel for conveying a substance, especially a liquid or gas.
  2. Anatomy. A tubular bodily canal or passage, especially one for carrying a glandular secretion: a tear duct.
  3. A tube or pipe for enclosing electrical cables or wires.
tr.v., duct·ed, duct·ing, ducts.
  1. To channel through a duct: duct the moist air away.
  2. To supply with ducts.

[Latin ductus, act of leading, from past participle of dūcere, to lead.]

ductal duct'al adj.
ductless duct'less adj.


1. ,See air duct.
2. In electric systems, a metallic or nonmetallic tube, (usually circular, oval, rectangular, or octagonal) for housing wires or cables; may be underground or embedded in concrete floor slabs.


A canal or passageway, especially one for carrying secretions from an exocrine gland.

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IN BRIEF: n. - An enclosed conduit for a fluid; A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; A continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls.

Tutor's tip: The traveler "ducked" (to lower quickly) into the air "duct" (a tube or passage that carries liquid, gas, or air) to retrieve her "ducat" (a ticket) for the train.

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A thin-wall tube installed in aircraft air-conditioning and heating systems to carry heated or cooled air for distribution to various aircraft locations.

Having no excretory duct.

  • d. glands — the endocrine glands.

n

A small passage.

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A duct may refer to:

  • Duct (anatomy), various ducts in anatomy and physiology
  • Duct (HVAC), for transfer of air between spaces in a structure
  • Duct tape, a kind of adhesive tape
  • Ducted fan, motor for aircraft
  • Electrical bus duct, a metal enclosure for busbars
  • Duct (industrial exhaust), industrial exhaust duct system which are designed for low pressure-pneumatic convey of gas, fumes, dusts, shavings, and other pollutants from works space to atmosphere after cleaning and removal of contaminations.
  • Atmospheric duct, a horizontal layer in the lower atmosphere in which the vertical refractive index gradients are such that radio signals (a) are guided or ducted, (b) tend to follow the curvature of the Earth, and (c) experience less attenuation in the ducts than they would if the ducts were not present
  • Duct bank, a set of electrical conduits, entering a building underground
  • Tear duct, which carry tears to the eyes
  • Duct Publishing, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kanal, rør, ledning, kabel, rørformet dannelse
v. tr. - lede, føre, secernere

Nederlands (Dutch)
buis, kanaal, leiden

Français (French)
n. - conduite/canalisation (liquide, gaz, électricité), (Anat) canal, conduit, (Bot) trachée
v. tr. - faire une canalisation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rohr, Röhre, Gang, Kanal
v. - leiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγωγός, σωλήνας, (ανατ.) πόρος

Italiano (Italian)
dotto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - duto (m)

Русский (Russian)
канал, трубопровод, сосуд

Español (Spanish)
n. - conducto, ducto, canal
v. tr. - conducir

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rörledning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
输送管, 导管, 通过管道输送

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 輸送管, 導管
v. tr. - 通過管道輸送

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도관, 잉크 홈
v. tr. - 송수관을 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 送管, ダクト, 輸送管

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قناة, أنبوب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צינור, תעלה, צינור-אוורור‬
v. tr. - ‮העביר בצינור‬


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