Conduit

Definitions

1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
2. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
3. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
4. 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.
5. A means by which something is transmitted.
   figuratively
6. An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.

Equivalents

Examples

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

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

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

“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.”

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