condulet

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/ˈkɑnd(j)ʊlɪt/

noun

A conduit fitting with a removable lid to allow access to the wires within.

“She installed an L-shaped condulet when the conduit reached the ceiling to redirect the wires towards the far corner of the garage.”

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nouncondulet (plural condulets)

plural condulets

  1. A conduit fitting with a removable lid to allow access to the wires within.

    She installed an L-shaped condulet when the conduit reached the ceiling to redirect the wires towards the far corner of the garage.

    1 more example

    The leads to the galvanometer are covered with a metal condulet and the galvanometer itself completely surrounded by an insulating box except for a small window.

    1930, F. S. Brackett with E. D. McAlister, “The Automatic Recording of the Infrared at High Resolution”, in Review of Scientific Instruments, volume 1, →DOI, page 193

Origin

Alteration of conduit + -let. Registered trademark by the Crouse-Hinds Company in 1906.

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