different between cabling vs conduit

English

Noun

cabling (countable and uncountable, plural cablings)

1. A collection of cables.

   We have to redo all this cabling for the network and this time remember which wire goes where.

2. (architecture) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded mouldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting.

Translations

Verb

cabling

1. present participle of cable

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) cundite

Etymology

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?nd(j)??t/, /?k?nd???t/, /?k?nd?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?nd(j)??t/, /?k?nd?t/

Noun

conduit (plural conduits)

1. A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
3. A means by which something is transmitted.
4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

Derived terms

• conduit bender

Translations

Anagrams

• duction, noctuid

French

Etymology

From Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d?i/
• Rhymes: -?i

Noun

conduit m (plural conduits)

1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)

Verb

conduit m (feminine singular conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)

1. past participle of conduire

Verb

conduit

1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire