conduit

plural conduits · alternative cundite

1. A channel or pathway through which something is conducted, carried, etc.
   1. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

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

   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.

   3. cellular automataAny 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. figurativelyA means by which something is transmitted.

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

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      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.

      2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian

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