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Vinony

conduit

verb

  1. to pour forth like a conduit or fountain
L1420640 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. tube for electrical cables
  2. a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
  3. a means of transmitting or distributing
  4. (archaic) fountain
L58665 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/ / /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/ / /ˈkɒndɪt/

noun

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

  1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.

    “This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.”

  2. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.

    “Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.”

  3. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
  4. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.

    “The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.”

    “Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.”

  5. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.