Channel
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English
Noun
Channel (plural Channels)- The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- The navigable part of a river.
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
- (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
- (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- (storage) 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.
- (technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- (business) A channel of distribution
- (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- (Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
Verb
Channel (third-person singular simple present channels, present participle channeling or channelling, simple past and past participle channelled or channeled)
- To direct the flow of something.
- To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal presentation.
Adjectives for Channel
powerful; smiling; artistic; sequestered; correct; proper; earthly; turbulent; precipitous; somber; legitimate; inconsequent; subterranean; intricate; dreaming; transparent; colossal; destined; practical; devious; manifold; diplomatic; regular; sound; conservative; productive; selfish; fortuitous; tranquil; oozy; funnel-like; free-flowing; foaming; tortuous; contorted; rock; unmapped; river; slender; deepened; narrow; burrowed; boiling; miniature; uncounted; noisier; personal; ample;
Verbs for Channel
deepen—; dredge—; explore—; flow into —; narrow—; obstruct—; pilot through—; slide into—; sound—; stray into—; swell—; trench—; turn into—; waft across—; —extends; —widens.
Adverbs for Channel
deeply; subterraneously; intricately; deviously; diplomatically; contortedly; narrowly; mysteriously.
Synonyms
- (narrow body of water between two land masses) passage, sound, strait
- (for television) side (dated British, from when there were only two channels), station (US)
Derived terms
Related terms
Thesaurus
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Etymology
From Old French chenel (French: canal, chenal), from Latin canalis
