duct

nounverbattested in dialogue

//dʌkt//

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

noun

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. An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
3
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile.
4
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another. A tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) for conveying water, sap, or air.
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
obsoleteGuidance, 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.

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.

verb

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.

Forms

plural: ducts
past tense: ducted
past participle: ducted
present participle: ducting
third person singular: ducts

Duckman · A surname.ducks · A pair of twos.ducky · Resembling or characteristic of a duck.

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

dud · A device or machine that is useless because it does not work…dude · A man, generally a younger man.dudes · Any group of people, regardless of gender.

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