conduit

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  1. noun A pipe or channel for conveying fluids, such as water.
  2. noun A tube or duct for enclosing electric wires or cable.
  3. noun A means by which something is transmitted: an arms dealer who served as a conduit for intelligence data.
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  • We were merely the conduit, which is what banks are, mostly. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • The writer muddies the water by making it seem that an AP is a direct Internet conduit, which is often not the case, especially in the corporate scenarios that are painted at risk. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • With the port authority serving as a conduit, the debt can be restructured in a long-term lease agreement with Fifth Third. —  The Advertiser-Tribune
  • "A conduit is like a connection, or a conduit is used for something to flow through, so I hope it's giving that feeling of flowing through," Gutermute said. —  The State Hornet
  • SlowbroKing says: need the conduit, as well as excitebots —  Aussie-Nintendo.com Forums
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin conductus, from Latin, past participle of condūcere, to lead together; see conduce.

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  1. from Middle English conduit, condut, condit, condite, also cundit, cundite, cundeth, cundith, etc., from Old French conduit, conduict, condut, conduct, condit, masculine, conduct, guidance, escort, company, conductor, safe-conduct, also a way, channel, tube, canal, conduit, French conduit, tube, canal; Old French also conduite, feminine, in like senses, French conduite, conduct, = Spanish Portuguese conducta, conduct, conducto, conduit, = Italian condotta, conduct, condotto, canal, conduit, from Middle Latin conductus, escort, etc., also a tube, canal, etc.: see conduct, n.
  2. from Middle English conditen, conduct, from condit, escort: see conduit, n.
  3. Middle English *conduit, coundut, from Old French conduit, condut, from Middle Latin conductus (also feminine, conducta, canducta) (later Middle Low German canduc), a kind of descant or motet or anthem in which the melody was partly improvised by the leading singer, literally a led or conducted song, being properly past participle (sc. cantus) of Latin conducere, lead, conduct: see conduce, conduct, v.
 

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