Duct

Quick meaning: Duct is a noun meaning A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To enclose in a duct.
2. (transitive) To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.
3. (physics) 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.
4. (obsolete) Guidance, direction.

Example Sentences

heating and air-conditioning ducts

[…] 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.

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.

Word Forms

• ducts
• ducting
• ducted

Synonyms for duct

Depending on context, synonyms include channel, canal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include canal, channel, wire, pipeline, hose, conduit.

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