What is the difference between duct and plenum?
duct | plenum |
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
(obsolete) Guidance; direction.
(physics) A space that is completely filled with matter.
* 1946 , Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy :
* 2001 , Edward Grant, God and Reason in the Middle Ages , p. 176:
(figuratively) A state of fullness, a great quantity (of something).
* 1974 , Guy Davenport Tatlin! :
A legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present.
An enclosed space having greater than atmospheric pressure.
The space above a false ceiling used for cables, ducts etc.
(computing) A type of network cabling which satisfies plenum-ratings issued by the National Electrical Code. These cables are safer in case of a fire, producing less smoke and fumes.
As nouns the difference between duct and plenum
is that duct is a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another while plenum is a space that is completely filled with matter.As a verb duct
is to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts.duct
English
(Wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)- heating and air-conditioning ducts
- otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.
Derived terms
* ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ductsplenum
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The idea was that a thing could only move into an empty place, and that, in a plenum , there are no empty places.
- The key to understanding medieval interpretations of motion in hypothetically void space is to realize that medieval natural philosophers analyzed the same bodies in the void that they discussed in the plenum of their ordinary world.
- He lay on the long stone slant down to the slapping waves, his denim shorts, sneakers, and socks under his head for a pillow, feeling the splendour of distance in all directions, the liquid silence, the plenum of aloneness.