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conduits 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˈkänˌd(y)o͞oət/,/ˈkänd(w)ət/,
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conduits, plural;
  1. A channel for conveying water or other fluid
    • - a conduit for conveying water to the power plant
    • - the office acts as a conduit for ideas to flow throughout the organization
  2. A tube or trough for protecting electric wiring
    • - the gas pipe should not be close to any electrical conduit
  1. (conduit) a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"
  2. (Conduit (comics)) Conduit (Kenny Braverman) is a DC Comics supervillain, and primarily an enemy of Superman.
  3. (CONduit (convention)) CONduit is an annual general interest science fiction and fantasy convention held in May in Salt Lake City, Utah. CONduit was founded in 1989 but took two years to plan its first convention. ...
  4. (Conduit (electrical)) An electrical conduit is an electrical piping system used for protection and routing of electrical wiring. Electrical conduit may be made of metal, plastic, fiber, or fired clay. Flexible conduit is available for special purposes.
  5. (Conduit (horse)) Conduit (foaled March 23, 2005 in Ireland) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 2008 became the first horse to ever win the England's St. Leger Stakes and the United States' Breeders' Cup Turf twice.
  6. (Conduit (software)) Conduit is an open-source synchronization program for GNOME. It allows the user to synchronize information to and from various destinations. For instance, it can be used to synchronise photos on the users computer with various websites (such as Flickr, Picasa and SmugMug). ...
  7. (Conduit (spirituality)) A conduit, in metaphysical discourse, is a specific object, person, location, or process (such as engaging in a séance or entering a trance) which allows a person to connect or communicate with a spiritual realm, metaphysical energy, or spiritual entity, or vice versa. ...
  8. (conduit) A pipe or channel for conveying water etc; A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway; A means by which something is transmitted
  9. (Conduit) A channel built to convey water or other fluids; a drain or sewer.  In electrical work, a channel that carries wires for protection and for safety.
  10. (Conduit) An alliance between mortgage originators and an unaffiliated organization that acts as a funding source by regularly purchasing loans, usually with a goal of pooling and securitizing them.
  11. (CONDUIT) The financial intermediary that sponsors the conduit between the lender(s) originating loans and the ultimate investor. ...
  12. (conduit) Tubing, usually metal, through which cable is run, providing wiring for activation of voice and data lines.
  13. (Conduit) A channel for holding and protecting conductors and cables, made of metal or an insulating material, usually circular in cross section like a pipe. Also referred to as Duct.
  14. (conduit) A channel or pipe for protecting electric cables.
  15. (conduit) An entity that issues mortgage-backed securities backed by mortgages that were originated by other lenders.
  16. (Conduit) A flexible or rigid tubular raceway for data or power cables.
  17. (Conduit) a subsurface stream course completely filled with water, and always under hydrostatic pressure.
  18. (CONDUIT) A closed channel to convey the discharge of water through or under a dam.
  19. (Conduit) A passage followed by magma in a volcano.
  20. (CONDUIT) A channel or pipe used for conveying water.
  21. (Conduit) Pipe serving as a duct for electrical wiring.
  22. (Conduit) A tube or pipe that surrounds and protects the fiber.
  23. (Conduit) Rigid or flexible tubing that holds electrical wires inside
  24. (Conduit) A tube or trough in which insulated wires and cables are run.
  25. (Conduit) The pipe through which electric wiring is run.