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  2. Conduit metaphor - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, the conduit metaphor is a dominant class of figurative expressions used when discussing communication itself (metalanguage).It operates whenever people speak or write as if they "insert" their mental contents (feelings, meanings, thoughts, concepts, etc.) into "containers" (words, phrases, sentences, etc.) whose contents are then "extracted" by listeners and readers.

  3. Conduit - Wikipedia

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    Conduit (convention), an annual science fiction convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, US; Conduit, a public artwork by Emily Ginsburg in Portland, Oregon, US "Conduit" (The X-Files), a television episode; The Conduit, a 2009 video game for the Wii console; The Conduit, a fictional artifact in the video game Mass Effect

  4. Electrical conduit - Wikipedia

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    An electrical conduit is a tube used to protect and route electrical wiring in a building or structure. Electrical conduit may be made of metal, plastic, fiber, or fired clay. Most conduit is rigid, but flexible conduit is used for some purposes. Conduit is generally installed by electricians at the

  5. Orangeburg pipe - Wikipedia

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    Orangeburg pipe (also known as "fiber conduit", "bituminous fiber pipe" or "Bermico" or "sand pipe") is bituminized fiber pipe used in the United States. It is made from layers of ground wood pulp fibers and asbestos fibres compressed with and bound by a water resistant adhesive then impregnated with liquefied coal tar pitch .

  6. Chronotope - Wikipedia

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    For Bakhtin, chronotope is the conduit through which meaning enters the logosphere. [2] Genre is rooted in how one perceives the flow of events and its representation of particular worldviews or ideologies. [3] [4]

  7. Underground power line - Wikipedia

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    Aerial cables that carry high-voltage electricity and are supported by large pylons are generally considered an unattractive feature of the countryside. Underground cables can transmit power across densely populated areas or areas where land is costly, environmentally sensitive, or aesthetically sensitive.

  8. Culvert - Wikipedia

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    A culvert under the Vistula river levee and a street in Warsaw. Construction or installation at a culvert site generally results in disturbance of the site's soil, stream banks, or stream bed, and can result in the occurrence of unwanted problems such as scour holes or slumping of banks adjacent to the culvert structure.

  9. Nipple (plumbing) - Wikipedia

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    Nipple. In plumbing and piping, a nipple is a fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a male pipe thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings.