A channel designed expressly for holding wires, cables, or busbars, with additional functions as permitted in this subpart. Raceways may be of metal or insulating material, and the term includes rigid metal conduit, rigid nonmetallic conduit, intermediate metal conduit, liquidtight flexible metal conduit, flexible metallic tubing, flexible metal conduit, electrical metallic tubing, underfloor raceways, cellular concrete floor raceways, cellular metal floor raceways, surface raceways, wireways, and busways.
Raceway
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
raceway (noun)1.
a canal for a current of water
2.
a channel for loosely holding electrical wires in buildings
3.
- race
4.
a course for racing
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
raceway (noun)an open man-made passageway for water
SYNONYMS:
aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterwayRELATED WORDS:
millrace, millstream; floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway; swash, tideway, torrent; gutter, trough; river, rivulet, streamcultivation channel, hydroponic trough, grow channel, nutrient stream, plant conduit
