conduit

1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.

   A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

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

   Kanal, Leitung, Leitungsrohr

   водово́дvodovód

   a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass

2. 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.

   Isolierrohr, Kabelkanal, Leerrohr

   кабель-каналkabelʹ-kanal

3. 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.

4. (figuratively)A means by which something is transmitted.

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

   Führung, Übertragungsweg, Leitkanal

   проводни́кprovodník

5. An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.

1. The wires are fed through conduits in the wall for protection.

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2. In this story, mages act as conduits for natural magical energy in order to cast spells.

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