channel

Etymology 1
From (also as, , ), a borrowing from , , from. Doublet of.

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) Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
 * The news was conveyed to us by different channels.
 * 1)  An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
 * 2) A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
 * 3)  A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
 * 4)  A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
 * The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.
 * 1)  The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
 * 2)  The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
 * A channel stretches between them.
 * 1)  A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
 * We are using one of the 24 channels.
 * 1)  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)  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)  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)  A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
 * NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.
 * 1) * 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
 * TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns),
 * 1)  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) The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
 * The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.
 * 1)  A distribution channel
 * 2)  A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
 * 3)  A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
 * 4) A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
 * 1) The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
 * The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.
 * 1)  A distribution channel
 * 2)  A particular area for conversations on an IRC or similar network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
 * 3)  A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content via a push mechanism.
 * 4) A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
 * 1) A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
 * 1) A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
 * 1) A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.

Synonyms

 * passage, sound, strait
 * side, station
 * groove, gutter
 * C-channel

Translations

 * Arabic: قَنَاة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: çaylaq,, çay yatağı
 * Belarusian: рэ́чышча, ло́жа
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: koryto
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Maori: maero, hawai
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kanal
 * Old English: ǣdre
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amar, clais
 * Slovak: riečisko
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: рі́чище, ру́сло,, ло́же
 * Zazaki: kenal,


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: кана́л
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: canal
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀχετός, διῶρυξ
 * Hawaiian: awa
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Icelandic: farvegur
 * Irish: cainéal
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kanal
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: ava
 * Scottish Gaelic: amar, clais
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Zazaki:


 * Belarusian: кана́л
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kanal
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amar, clais, canàl
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: пралі́ў, прато́ка
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: canal,
 * German:, , Meeresstraße
 * Hindi:
 * Irish: cainéal
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: sąsiauris
 * Maori: hongere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kanal
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Kildin Sami: чуэлльм
 * Scottish Gaelic: amar, caolas
 * Sindhi: کارِي
 * Slovak: prieliv
 * Slovene: preliv
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dagat-lagusan
 * Ukrainian: проли́в, прото́ка


 * German: Kannelierung


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: кана́л
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: kanalo
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: roma
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: alunan
 * Ukrainian:


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Maori: roma
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: alunan


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: alunan


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ка̀на̄л
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: alunan


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قَنَاة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: кана́л
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kanalo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: चैनल
 * Icelandic: kanall
 * Irish: cainéal, bealach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: канал
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Macedonian: канал
 * Malay:
 * Maori: roma
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kanal
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ка̀на̄л
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: kanál
 * Slovene: kanal
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: alunan
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: kanal
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: چینل
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: kanaal
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قَنَاة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: кана́л
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: चैनल
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: канал
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Macedonian: канал
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: वाहिनी, चॅनल
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: kanal
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ка̀на̄л
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: kanál
 * Slovene: kanal
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: alunan
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: kanal
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: چینل
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Esperanto:
 * Turkish:

Etymology 2
From, from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To make or cut a channel or groove in.
 * 2)  To direct or guide along a desired course.
 * We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.
 * 1)  To serve as a medium for.
 * She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: kanalisere
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: kanavoida
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: salurkan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kanalisere
 * Nynorsk: kanalisere
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, leda


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: kanavoida
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,

Etymology 3
From a corruption of.

Noun

 * 1)  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.