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channel
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology,electricity,nautical,geography,transportation,television,business
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[ noun ] (electricity) a path over which electrical signals can pass
Synonyms Examples "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)London explains that the very distinct directional effect in the Phase 4 series is due in large part to their novel methods of microphoning and recording the music on a number of separate tape channels . These are then mixed by their sound engineers with the active co-operation of the musical staff and combined into the final two channels which are impressed on the record . Related terms |
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[ verb ] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images
Examples "Sound carries well over water" "The airwaves carry the sound" "Many metals conduct heat" Used in print (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)Questions and , particularly , exclamations are usually channeled along informal , horizontal lines not indicated in Figure 3 and seldom are carried beyond the nearest neighbor . Related terms bring retransmit bring_in pipe_in wash_up carry carry conduction transmission conductor carry carrier_wave conductor |
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[ noun ] a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
Synonyms Examples "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels" "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)In criticism of the latter 's views , his conclusions were based upon dog lung injection studies in which all_of the vascular channels were first filled with a solution under pressure and then were injected with various sized colored particles designed to stop at the arteriolar level . Related terms passage tube gutter sluice flue limbers canal spillway millrace duct watercourse waterspout aqueduct channelize |
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[ noun ] (television) a television station and its programs
Synonyms Examples "a satellite TV channel" "surfing through the channels" "they offer more than one hundred channels" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (often plural) a means of communication or access
Synonyms Examples "it must go through official channels" "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (nautical,geography) a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies
Examples "the ship went aground in the channel" Related terms body_of_water strait narrow watercourse East_River Korean_Strait Strait_of_Messina rill Bering_Strait Bosporus Strait_of_Gibraltar tideway Strait_of_Hormuz Strait_of_Magellan English_Channel canal Harlem_River golden_gate hampton_roads menai_strait solent strait_of_georgia pas-de-calais cook_strait kattegatt north_channel skagerak torres_strait Dardanelles |
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[ verb ] send from one person or place to another
Synonyms Examples "transmit a message" |
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Synonyms Examples "the tear duct was obstructed" "the alimentary canal" "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" Related terms passage bronchiole pore ductule pancreatic_duct canaliculus lacrimal_duct hepatic_duct common_bile_duct ejaculatory_duct cartilaginous_tube salivary_duct lymph_vessel cerebral_aqueduct urethra cervical_canal umbilical_cord vagina epididymis vas_deferens seminal_duct ureter venous_sinus spinal_canal alimentary_canal canal_of_schlemm nasolacrimal_duct haversian_canal canalis_inguinalis lactiferous_duct ampulla transmit |
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[ noun ] (business) a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
Synonyms Examples "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
Examples "the ship went aground in the channel" |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14378
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