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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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- what ductile means
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- what duct is indicated in the figure
- what duct is cut in a cholecystectomy
piping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa?p??/
- Rhymes: -a?p??
Verb
piping
- present participle of pipe
Noun
piping (countable and uncountable, plural pipings)
- The process of an animal just beginning to break out of its egg; precedes hatching.
- The sound of musical pipes.
- An act of making music or noise with pipes.
- A system of pipes that compose a structure; pipework.
- the piping of a house
- (sewing) An ornamentation on the edges of a garment; a small cord covered with cloth.
- (cooking) Icing extruded from a piping bag.
- (botany) A piece cut off to be set or planted; a cutting.
- (botany) propagation by cuttings
Adjective
piping (not comparable)
- High-pitched.
- His piping voice could be heard above the hubbub.
Derived terms
- piping hot
See also
- Wikipedia article on bagpipes
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