Duct
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Any tube or canal by which fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed. It is particularly used to denote the vessels of an animal body, by which the blood,
chyle,
lymph, etc., are carried from one part to another, and the vessels of plants in which the
sap is conveyed.
2. Guidance; direction. [Little used.]
Duct
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of
glandular secretion are conveyed to their
destination.
3. A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with
woody fiber.
4. Guidance; direction.
Ductible
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Capable of being drawn out
Ductile
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. That may be led; easy to be led or drawn; tractable;
complying;
obsequious; yielding to motives,
persuasion or instruction; as the ductile minds of youth; a ductile people.
4. That may be drawn out into wire or threads. Gold is the most ductile of the metals.
5. That may be extended by beating.
Ductile
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Easily led; tractable;
complying; yielding to motives,
persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
An instrument for accurately determining the
ductility of metals.
1. The property of solid bodies, particularly metals, which renders them capable of being extended by drawing without breaking; as the ductility of gold, iron or brass.
1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.
Ductless
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Having to
duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.
Ductor
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. One who leads.
