Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - channel
Channel
channel
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas, esp. seas. b (the Channel) the English Channel between Britain and France. 2 a medium of communication; an agency for conveying information (through the usual channels). 3 Broadcasting a a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, esp. as used by a particular station. b a service or station using this. 4 the course in which anything moves; a direction. 5 a a natural or artificial hollow bed of water. b the navigable part of a waterway. 6 a tubular passage for liquid. 7 Electronics a lengthwise strip on recording tape etc. 8 a groove or a flute, esp. in a column. --v.tr. (channelled, channelling; US channeled, channeling) 1 guide, direct (channelled them through customs). 2 form channels in; groove. Etymology: ME f. OF chanel f. L canalis CANAL 2. n. Naut. any of the broad thick planks projecting horizontally from a ship's side abreast of the masts, used to widen the basis for the shrouds. Etymology: for chain-wale: cf. gunnel for gunwale
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I. noun see: canal Date: 14th century 1. the bed where a natural stream of water runs, the deeper part of a river, harbor, or strait, a strait or narrow sea between two close landmasses, a means of communication or expression: as, a path along which information (as data or music) in the form of an electrical signal passes, a fixed or official course of communication , a way, course, or direction of thought or action , a band of frequencies of sufficient width for a single radio or television communication, ~er, 2. a usually tubular enclosed passage ; conduit, a passage created in a selectively permeable cell membrane by a conformational change in membrane proteins, a long gutter, groove, or furrow, a metal bar of flattened U-shaped section, II. transitive verb (-neled or -nelled; -neling or -nelling) Date: 15th century 1. to form, cut, or wear a ~ in, to make a groove in , to convey or direct into or through a ~ , to serve as a ~er or intermediary for, III. noun Etymology: alteration of chainwale, from 1chain + 1wale Date: 1769 one of the flat ledges of heavy plank or metal bolted edgewise to the outside of a ship to increase the spread of the shrouds ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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