n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a pipe or channel for carrying a fluid
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a rigid tube or duct for carrying and protecting electrical wires or cables
3. an agency or means of access, communication, etc.
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a water-transporting element in a plant; a xylem vessel or a tracheid
5. a rare word for fountain
[from Old French, from Medieval Latin conductus channel, aqueduct, from Latin condūcere to lead, conduce]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
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