duct
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
Example
“heating and air-conditioning ducts”
Other meanings
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile.
Synonyms
- epithelial duct
Related words
- ductiform
- ductography
- ductoscopy
- lipoduction
- microduct
- bypass duct
- air-duct
- common bile duct
- Gaertner's duct
- Gartner's duct
- hepatic duct
- Mullerian duct
Word history
From Medieval Latin "ductus" (a conveyance of water; a channel).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “duct” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.