| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  d kt |
| NOUN: | 1. An often enclosed passage or channel for conveying a substance, especially a liquid or gas. 2. Anatomy A tubular bodily canal or passage, especially one for carrying a glandular secretion: a tear duct. 3. A tube or pipe for enclosing electrical cables or wires. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: duct·ed, duct·ing, ducts
1. To channel through a duct: duct the moist air away. 2. To supply with ducts. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin ductus, act of leading, from past participle of d cere, to lead. See deuk- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | duct al —ADJECTIVE
ductless —ADJECTIVE
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