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A hidden hallway for air, fluid, or fire, secretly running every building you trust
means A duct is a tube, channel, or passage that carries something — air, liquid, or even bodily fluids — from one place to another.
from Straight from Latin 'ductus,' meaning 'a leading' or 'conducting,' from 'ducere,' to lead — the same root that marches through 'conduct,' 'aqueduct,' and 'introduce.' The word entered English first as an anatomical term for the body's little conveying tubes (like tear ducts), then spread into plumbing and ventilation, every one of them faithfully 'leading' its cargo somewhere else.
- latin roots
- From ducere, to lead — same root as duke
- tear factory
- Tear ducts drain crying straight into your nose
- breast plumbing
- Milk travels through 15-20 ducts per breast
- leak penalty
- Leaky air ducts waste up to 30% of energy
- movie escape
- Real ducts are too flimsy to crawl through
old nat gas pipeline — trans-canada pipeline, 40,000+ km spanning from bc to quebec since 1958
hvac ductwork — empire state building used 6,514 tons of sheet metal for its ventilation ducts
common bile duct — human anatomy, carries bile from liver to small intestine in digestion