conduit

Meanings

1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
2. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
3. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.
4. 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.
5. A means by which something is transmitted.
6. An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off–balance sheet bank assets.

Etymology

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.