Fitted with or designed to have ducts; describes systems that use tubes to transport air, fluid, or other materials.
From 'duct' plus the past participle suffix '-ed'. Used in engineering and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) terminology to describe systems with ductwork, emerging in the 20th century.
Ducted heating and cooling systems became standard in modern buildings, and the term 'ducted' represents how we quickly create past participle adjectives in English to describe manufactured features of our constructed environment.
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