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1. | [ noun ] (electricity) a path over which electrical signals can pass | |
Synonyms: | transmission_channel | |
Examples: | "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company" |
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Related terms: | transmission band conduct | |
2. | [ verb ] transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of sounds or images | |
Synonyms: | carry transmit conduct convey | |
Examples: | "Sound carries well over water" "The airwaves carry the sound" "Many metals conduct heat" |
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Related terms: | bring retransmit bring_in pipe_in wash_up carry carry conduction transmission conductor carry carrier_wave conductor | |
3. | [ noun ] a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through | |
Synonyms: | conduit | |
Examples: | "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels" "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" |
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Related terms: | passage tube gutter sluice flue limbers canal spillway millrace duct watercourse waterspout aqueduct channelize | |
4. | [ verb ] (transportation) direct the flow of; also used abstractly, as of money or information | |
Synonyms: | canalise canalize | |
Related terms: | steer duct channelization canal | |
5. | [ noun ] (television) a television station and its programs | |
Synonyms: | tv_channel television_channel | |
Examples: | "a satellite TV channel" "surfing through the channels" "they offer more than one hundred channels" |
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Related terms: | television_station | |
6. | [ noun ] (often plural) a means of communication or access | |
Synonyms: | line communication_channel | |
Examples: | "it must go through official channels" "lines of communication were set up between the two firms" |
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Related terms: | communication liaison back_channel lens plural transmit | |
7. | [ noun ] (nautical,geography) a relatively narrow body of water linking two larger bodies | |
Synonyms: | strait sound | |
Examples: | "the ship went aground in the channel" |
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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 | |
8. | [ verb ] send from one person or place to another | |
Synonyms: | transfer transmit channelize channelise transport | |
Examples: | "transmit a message" |
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Related terms: | move bring send project release turn translate propagate transportation transmission transportation conveyance duct transfer channelization transferer sender | |
9. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | |
Synonyms: | duct epithelial_duct canal | |
Examples: | "the tear duct was obstructed" "the alimentary canal" "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" |
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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 | |
10. | [ noun ] (business) a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors | |
Synonyms: | distribution_channel | |
Examples: | "possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores" |
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Related terms: | marketing | |
11. | [ 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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Related terms: | body_of_water Harlem_River rill tideway English_Channel canal watercourse hampton_roads mozambique_channel windward_passage river | |
12. | [ noun ] a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | |
Synonyms: | groove | |
Related terms: | depression stria rut rabbet flute dado quirk washout track furrow | |
13. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 14378 | |
14. | [ noun ] a facility where something is available | |
Synonyms: | source distribution_channel | |
Related terms: | facility golconda gold_mine source | |
Similar spelling: |
Channell Chanel chunnel Chanell Chanelle chanal Cannell Chmiel Chenail Cannella chenille |