Word of the Day:
conduit
What It Means
A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
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.
Last week the electricians were running conduit, and this week they'll be pulling cable.
Conduit in Context
“Francis, by contrast, was at pains to listen and act, going so far in 2023 as to call a curiously named synod on synodality in his anxiety to make the process work better as a conduit between the centre and the outposts of his global church.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.
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