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Vinony

duct

noun

  1. conduit used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
  2. circumscribed channel leading from an exocrine gland or organ
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dʌkt/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“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.

  1. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

    “heating and air-conditioning ducts”

    “The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor.”

  2. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
  3. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
  4. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
  5. 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.
  6. Guidance, direction.

    “[…] 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.”

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“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.

  1. To enclose in a duct.
  2. To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.