channel.
The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
Meaning & usage
The hollow bed of running waters; (also) the bed of the sea or other body of water.
The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
The navigable part of a river.
We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
The English Channel lies between France and England.
Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
The news was conveyed to us by different channels.
An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.
The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
A channel stretches between them.
A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
We are using one of the 24 channels.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.
A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.
A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.
The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
This chip in this disk drive is the channel device.
The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.
A distribution channel.
A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
A psychic or medium who takes on the personality of a spirit and conveys messages from them.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chanel (also as canel, cannel, kanel), a borrowing from Old French chanel, canel, from Latin canālis (“groove; canal; channel”). Doublet of canal.
To make or cut a channel or groove in.
To direct or guide along a desired course.
We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.
To serve as a medium for.
She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.
To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.
When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chanelen, from the noun (see above).
The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Where this word comes from
From chainwale.
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