duct

English

Etymology

From Latin ductus, noun use of past participle of dūcere (“to lead, draw”). Compare douit.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: dŭkt, IPA: /dʌkt/, X-SAMPA: /dVkt/

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  Rhymes: -ʌkt

Noun

duct (plural ducts)

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

   heating and air-conditioning ducts

2. An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
3. (obsolete) 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. — Henry Hammond.

Derived terms

• ductal
• ducted
• ducting
• ductor
• duct tape
• Mullerian ducts
• Wolffian ducts

Translations

a pipe, tube or canal which carries air or liquid from one place to another

• Armenian: ծորան (hy) (çoran), խողովակ (hy) (xoġovak)
• Bulgarian: канал (bg) (kanál) m, тръба (bg) (trǎbá) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 管 (cmn) (guǎn), 管子 (cmn) (guǎnzi), 導管 (cmn), 导管 (cmn) (dǎoguǎn)

• Dutch: buis (nl) f, leiding (nl) f
• Finnish: putki (fi)
• French: tuyau (fr) m, conduit (fr) m, canalisation (fr) f
• German: Leitung (de) f, Rohr (de) n

• Irish: ducht (ga) m
• Italian: condotto (it) m
• Japanese: ダクト (ja) (dakuto), 導管 (ja) (どうかん, dōkan)
• Korean: 덕트 (ko) (deokteu)
• Latin: canālis (la) m
• Russian: канал (ru) (kanál) m, труба (ru) (trubá) f, проток (ru) (protók) m, воздуховод (ru) (vozduxovód) m (airduct)
• Spanish: conducto (es) m

Verb

duct (third-person singular simple present ducts, present participle ducting, simple past and past participle ducted)

1. To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts)