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Pronunciation
IPA|�t�æn�ɫ
audio|en-us-channel.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æn�l

Etymology
From OF. chanel (French: canal#French|canal, chenal), from L.|fr canalis.

Noun
en-noun

1. The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.

#: ''The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.

1. 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.

1. The navigable part of a river.

#: We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.

1. A narrow body of water between two land masses.

#: The English Channel lies between France and England.

1. electronics A connection between initiate|initiating and terminate|terminating nodes of a circuit.

#: The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.
#electronics The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.

1. communication The part that connects a data source to a data sink.

#: A channel stretches between them.

1. communication A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

#: We are using one of the 24 channels.

1. communication 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.

1. communication 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.

1. context|broadcasting 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.

1. context|broadcasting A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

#: NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.

1. context|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.

#: This chip in this disk drive is the channel device.

1. context|technic The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.

#: The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.

Synonyms
italbrac|narrow body of water between two land masses passage, sound, strait
italbrac|for television side italbrac|dated British, from when there were only two channels, station italbrac|US

Derived terms
channel-hopping
ion channel
television channel

Related terms
canal

Translations
trans-top|physical confine of a river or slough
Dutch: t+|nl|bedding|f, t|nl|kanaal|n
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trans-top|natural or man-made deeper course through shallow body of water
Dutch: t|nl|kanaal|n
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trans-top|navigable part of a river
Dutch: t|nl|kanaal|n
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trans-top|narrow body of water between two land masses
Dutch: t|nl|kanaal|n
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trans-top|electronics: connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit
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trans-top|communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink
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trans-top|communication: path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals
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trans-top|communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation
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trans-top|communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation
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trans-top|broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies
Dutch: t|nl|kanaal|n, t+|nl|zender|m
Finnish: t+|fi|kanava
French: t+|fr|chaîne|f
German: t+|de|Kanal|m
Italian: t+|it|canale|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|�����|trchanneru|scJpan
Mandarin: zh-ts|頻�|�� (píndào)
Portuguese: t+|pt|canal|m
Russian: t-|ru|канал|trkanal|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|canal|m
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trans-top|broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television
Dutch: t|nl|kanaal|n, t+|nl|zender|m
Finnish: t+|fi|kanava
French: t+|fr|chaîne|f
German: t+|de|Kanal|m
Italian: t+|it|canale|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|�����|trchanneru|scJpan
Mandarin: zh-ts|頻�|�� (píndào)
Portuguese: t+|pt|canal|m
Russian: t-|ru|канал|trkanal|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|canal|m
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trans-top|storage: portion of a storage medium that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head
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trans-top|technic: way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up
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trans-top|Translations to be checked (for television)
ttbc|Hebrew: ער�ץ ('arutz) m
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ttbc|Proto-Polynesian: *awa
ttbc|Turkish: kanal
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Verb
en-verb

1. To direct the flow of something.

#: We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.

1. To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal presentation.

#: When it is my turn to sing Karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.

Translations
trans-top|direct the flow
Danish: kanalisere
Dutch: t+|nl|leiden, t|nl|omleiden
Finnish: t-|fi|kanavoida
French: t+|fr|canaliser
German: t+|de|lenken
Greek: t+|el|διο�ε�ε��|trdioheteyo|scGrek
Italian: t-|it|convogliare
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Japanese: t-|ja|���|trmukeru|scJpan
Mandarin: zh-ts|��|�导 (y�nd�o)
Polish: t-|pl|kierowa�
Portuguese: canalizar#Portuguese|canalizar
Russian: t+|ru|нап�авл���|trnapravlât'|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|canalizar, t-|es|dirigir
Swedish: kanalisera, leda#Swedish|leda
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trans-top|assume personality of other person
Dutch: t-|nl|nadoen, t|nl|imiteren
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• 2007-12-27 23:08 - Tbot - added t for fr, el, ru, es

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