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語源

From 中期英語 conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/, (obsolete) /ˈkʌndɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/

名詞

conduit (plural conduits)

1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
   1. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

      Coordinate terms: sluice, canal, aquaduct, viaduct

      This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.

   2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.

      Hypernyms: raceway < pathway, covering

      Hyponym: see at Wikipedia > electrical conduit § Types

      Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.

   3. (cellular automata) Any pattern, typically composed of still lifes or oscillators, used to transfer an active region to another location without being destroyed or permanently modified in the process.
   4. (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.

      The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.

      • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian‎:

        Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.

   5. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.

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アナグラム

• duction, noctuid