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Added 2 October 2026

duct

/dʌkt/ noun

In Latin: canālis Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about duct at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
heating and air-conditioning ducts
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs, telephone cables, or other conductors.
A vessel for conveying lymph or glandular secretions such as tears or bile.

verb

To enclose in a duct.
To channel something (such as a gas) or propagate something (such as radio waves) through a duct or series of ducts.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

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