conduit
/ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/ nom C2En français : canal
- A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc. · This channel is a conduit to send the excess water back to the millpond.
- A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit. · Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
- 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.
- A means by which something is transmitted. · The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.
- An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.
Pluriel conduits
Dans la bibliothèque
Address: Conduit Street.
Throughout her illustrious career, Eleanor had always believed that the translator must remain utterly invisible, a transparent conduit for another mind.
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