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duct
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from d?c? (“to lead, conduct, draw”) +? -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?kt
- IPA(key): /d?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Homophone: ducked
Noun
duct (plural ducts)
- a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
- Hyponym: air duct
- an enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors
- Hyponym: bus duct
- (anatomy) a vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile
- Hyponyms: bile duct, cochlear duct, collecting duct, cystic duct, duct of Wirsung, efferent duct, ejaculatory duct, epithelial duct, lacrimal duct, milk duct, Müllerian duct, nasolacrimal duct, pancreatic duct, paramesonephric duct, tear duct, thoracic duct, thyroglossal duct, utriculosaccular duct, Wolffian duct
- (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
- 1650, Henry Hammond, Of the reasonableness of Christian religion
- […] otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations.
- 1650, Henry Hammond, Of the reasonableness of Christian religion
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
duct (third-person singular simple present ducts, present participle ducting, simple past and past participle ducted)
- 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
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “duct”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “duct”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin ductus
Noun
duct n (uncountable)
- duct
Declension
duct From the web:
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conductor
English
Alternative forms
- conductour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?d?kt?/
Noun
conductor (plural conductors, feminine conductress or conductrix)
- One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
- A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers
- (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
- (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
- 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory
- If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
- 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory
- A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
- (architecture) A leader.
Antonyms
- non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)
Derived terms
- conductor rail
- lightning conductor
Related terms
- conduct
- semiconductor, dielectric
Translations
See also
- ticket inspector
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductor, conduct?rem (“contractor, employer”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.duk?to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.duk?to/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.duk?to?/
Adjective
conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)
- driving
- conducting
Noun
conductor m (plural conductors)
- driver
- (physics) conductor
Related terms
- conduir
Latin
Etymology
From cond?c? (“I lead”) +? -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon?duk.tor/, [k?n??d??kt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon?duk.tor/, [k?n??d?ukt??r]
Noun
conductor m (genitive conduct?ris, feminine conductr?x); third declension
- employer, entrepreneur
- contractor
- (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- conductor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conductor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- conductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)
- Obsolete form of condutor.
Romanian
Etymology
From French conducteur, from Latin conductor.
Noun
conductor n (plural conductori)
- conductor
- driver
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductor, conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.
Noun
conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)
- driver, motorist
- conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) presenter; host (of television show)
Derived terms
Related terms
- conducir
See also
- chófer
conductor From the web:
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- what conductors and insulators
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