Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, any duct, tube, pipe, canal, or other conduit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the number of
strokes that make up a writtenletter , and the direction, sequence and speed in which they are written - noun a subtle reduction of weight towards the middle of the stroke of the
letter - noun medicine a
duct ,tube orcanal in the body
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Examples
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The letterforms themselves, in their shapes and ductus (sequence of strokes) are very similar.
Multispectral Imaging and the Voynich Manuscript D.N. O’Donovan 2024
vanishedone commented on the word ductus
dictionary.com lists this only as an alternative for duct, but this is from a recent message on the VMS List: 'Modern forensic graphology, usually used to detect forgeries, is for the most part, dependent upon ductus; that is the direction, pressure, and order in which strokes are laid down. No two people, even when producing visually identical letters will construct those letters with exactly the same ductus.'
The OED has 'the method of making strokes with the pen, etc.' and identifies it with its fourth definition for duct: 'A stroke drawn or traced, or the manner of tracing it (cf. L. ductus litterarum).'
November 9, 2007