channel
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (biochemistry) An ion channel: pore-forming proteins located in a cell membrane that allow specific ions to pass through.
2. (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.Examples: "The channel is not very efficient as a beam or column when used alone, but built-up members may be constructed of channels assembled together with other structural shapes and connected by rivets or welds."Synonyms: C-channel
3. (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.Examples: "The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree."
4. (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
5. (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.Examples: "A channel stretches between them."
6. (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.Examples: "We are using one of the 24 channels."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.transitive
2. (transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.Examples: "We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones."; "The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed."; "But the real excitement is to be found in Erith and Thamesmead, where the Blairites in exile are channelling their hopes on Georgia Gould, 22, daughter of Mr Tony's famed pollmeister Philip."transitive
3. (transitive, of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.Examples: "She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth."transitive
4. (transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.Examples: "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."; "So I handed out lyrics by Allan Sherman, the shticky 1960s parody writer who my father revered and channeled to the end."transitive
noun (English)
1. (nautical) 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.
name (English)
1. (Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel: a strait in Europe, separating Great Britain from France and connecting the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.Europeabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
Definition source: Wiktionary