Conduit
noun
A tube or pipe that protects electrical wires or carries liquids or gases.
The plumber installed a conduit to transport water from the roof to the storage tank.
Often appears as...
- electrical conduit
- water conduit
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone or something that serves to direct or transmit something.
The organization acts as a conduit for the fund distribution to local communities.
Often appears as...
- conduit for information
- conduit of communication
noun
A tube or pipe that protects electrical wires or carries liquids or gases.
The plumber installed a conduit to transport water from the roof to the storage tank.
Often appears as...
- electrical conduit
- water conduit
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone or something that serves to direct or transmit something.
The organization acts as a conduit for the fund distribution to local communities.
Often appears as...
- conduit for information
- conduit of communication
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to an actual object used to channel utilities like water or cables.
The electric cables were secured inside a metal conduit under the floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Protective Role
Emphasizes safety, as conduits encase and protect their contents.
We used a robust conduit to shield the gas lines from corrosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Context
Commonly used in construction, engineering, and utilities industries.
The architect's blueprints showed conduits running throughout the building.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to an actual object used to channel utilities like water or cables.
The electric cables were secured inside a metal conduit under the floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Protective Role
Emphasizes safety, as conduits encase and protect their contents.
We used a robust conduit to shield the gas lines from corrosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Context
Commonly used in construction, engineering, and utilities industries.
The architect's blueprints showed conduits running throughout the building.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Refers to an actual object used to channel utilities like water or cables.
The electric cables were secured inside a metal conduit under the floor.
Pro Tip 2/3Protective Role
Emphasizes safety, as conduits encase and protect their contents.
We used a robust conduit to shield the gas lines from corrosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Context
Commonly used in construction, engineering, and utilities industries.
The architect's blueprints showed conduits running throughout the building.
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Scott McCloud:...
almost immediately. One of the most important things about comics that I discovered was that comics are a visual medium, but they try to embrace all of the senses within it. So, the different elements of comics, like pictures and words, and the different symbols and everything in between that comics presents, are all funneled through the single conduit, a vision.
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Unlocking the Eyes PIPE...
are related because survival is all about the relationship between a creature and everything else the outside world predators prey potential mates the eye is one of the most complex conduits between those two things the outside world and the creature who knots not
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Can plants talk to each...
can travel to a healthy plant and prompt it to turn on its immune system, too. These advance warnings increase the plants chance of survival. Bean plants also eavesdrop on each other's health through these fungal conduits. An aphid investation in one plant
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A brief history of...
draining waste in water conduits below. Today, most cultures consider trips to the restroom to be a more private occasion. But even when going alone, our shared sewage infrastructure is one of the most pivotal inventions in the history of humanity.
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Courage is contagious PIPE...
I kind of became a conduit for all of this courage that was given to me. And I think that's part of our job as artists. I think we should be conveyors of courage in the work that we do. And I think that we are the wall between the normal folks
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Deep Under the Earth's...
Caves form in karstic regions. So karstic regions are areas of the world where the infiltrating water along cracks, fractures, can easily dissolve soluble lithologies, forming a drainage system of tunnels, conduits --
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Mark Pagel: How language...
the solution to the crisis of visual theft, if language really is the conduit of our cooperation, the technology that our species derived to promote the free flow and exchange of ideas, in our modern world,
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Why Do Young People Get...
transformations hoping to make the world a better place reasons for youth participation and movements vary compared to adults youth often have larger social networks which can serve as conduits for the
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What will change Africa?...
websites where we're from the rocky rough oak and I think people really don't want to be on H they really want to be able to end their own living there just isn't a conduit for them to do it
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The Taino myth of the...
Represented in Taino carvings and figurines with a swollen back and emaciated arms, the caracaracol is both cursed and blessed to be a conduit between worlds.
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Scott McCloud:...
almost immediately. One of the most important things about comics that I discovered was that comics are a visual medium, but they try to embrace all of the senses within it. So, the different elements of comics, like pictures and words, and the different symbols and everything in between that comics presents, are all funneled through the single conduit, a vision.
Video examples
Unlocking the Eyes PIPE...
are related because survival is all about the relationship between a creature and everything else the outside world predators prey potential mates the eye is one of the most complex conduits between those two things the outside world and the creature who knots not
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
can travel to a healthy plant and prompt it to turn on its immune system, too. These advance warnings increase the plants chance of survival. Bean plants also eavesdrop on each other's health through these fungal conduits. An aphid investation in one plant
Video examples
A brief history of...
draining waste in water conduits below. Today, most cultures consider trips to the restroom to be a more private occasion. But even when going alone, our shared sewage infrastructure is one of the most pivotal inventions in the history of humanity.
Video examples
Courage is contagious PIPE...
I kind of became a conduit for all of this courage that was given to me. And I think that's part of our job as artists. I think we should be conveyors of courage in the work that we do. And I think that we are the wall between the normal folks
Video examples
Deep Under the Earth's...
Caves form in karstic regions. So karstic regions are areas of the world where the infiltrating water along cracks, fractures, can easily dissolve soluble lithologies, forming a drainage system of tunnels, conduits --
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
the solution to the crisis of visual theft, if language really is the conduit of our cooperation, the technology that our species derived to promote the free flow and exchange of ideas, in our modern world,
Video examples
Why Do Young People Get...
transformations hoping to make the world a better place reasons for youth participation and movements vary compared to adults youth often have larger social networks which can serve as conduits for the
Video examples
What will change Africa?...
websites where we're from the rocky rough oak and I think people really don't want to be on H they really want to be able to end their own living there just isn't a conduit for them to do it
Video examples
The Taino myth of the...
Represented in Taino carvings and figurines with a swollen back and emaciated arms, the caracaracol is both cursed and blessed to be a conduit between worlds.
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David MacKenzie
Scottish Director
I sort of feel like my job is to be a conduit to opportunities, to maximize the creativity of the day itself - because that's when the cameras are running. That's the important thing to me. Some of these shots you need to think about in advance; you need to have some ideas for them.
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Ariel Pink
American Musician
When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.
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Paul Wesley
American Actor
I would hope that, for me, regardless of what happens in my career in the future, I always want to maintain a level of humility. I think it's so important to not lose yourself and to just understand that you're a conduit.
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Jane Goldman
English Writer
You need to be invested in what happens. The characters are your conduit to the story. Many modern horror films are fun but not frightening because one has not connected with the characters.
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Amy Cuddy
American Psychologist
Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.
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Debra Granik
American Director
There are documentaries that will just save your life and be the conduit to the art form you started out loving.
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Tony Shalhoub
American Actor
You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.
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Steven Spielberg
American Director
The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust.
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Ian Anderson
British Musician
I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
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Andrew Bird
American Musician
Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
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David MacKenzie
Scottish Director
I sort of feel like my job is to be a conduit to opportunities, to maximize the creativity of the day itself - because that's when the cameras are running. That's the important thing to me. Some of these shots you need to think about in advance; you need to have some ideas for them.
Quote examples
Ariel Pink
American Musician
When I get to do whatever I want, I'm perfectly happy. I've found that the best scenario is that I just do what I do, and if somebody wants to be part of it, they should work as a conduit for what vision I have. They should help me complete the universe.
Quote examples
Paul Wesley
American Actor
I would hope that, for me, regardless of what happens in my career in the future, I always want to maintain a level of humility. I think it's so important to not lose yourself and to just understand that you're a conduit.
Quote examples
Jane Goldman
English Writer
You need to be invested in what happens. The characters are your conduit to the story. Many modern horror films are fun but not frightening because one has not connected with the characters.
Quote examples
Amy Cuddy
American Psychologist
Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.
Quote examples
Debra Granik
American Director
There are documentaries that will just save your life and be the conduit to the art form you started out loving.
Quote examples
Tony Shalhoub
American Actor
You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.
Quote examples
Steven Spielberg
American Director
The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust.
Quote examples
Ian Anderson
British Musician
I'm very much an observer and a conduit of thoughts and ideas.
Quote examples
Andrew Bird
American Musician
Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
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