channelsn :
official routes of communication; "you
have to go
through channels"
Noun1.
official routes of communication; "you
have to go
through channels" (hypernym) transmission
Noun1. a
path over which electrical signals can pass; "a
channel is
typically what you rent from a
telephone company" (synonym)
transmission channel (hypernym)
transmission (derivation) conduct, transmit, convey, carry2. a
passage for water (or
other fluids) to
flow through; "the
fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters
carried off the rainwater into a
series of
channels under the street" (hypernym)
passage (hyponym) gutter,
trough (derivation) channelize, channelise3. 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) (synonym)
groove (hypernym) depression, impression,
imprint (hyponym) dado4. 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; "the
ship went aground in
the channel" (hypernym)
body of water,
water (hyponym)
harlem river (classification) river5. (often plural) a
means of
communication or access; "it
must go
through official channels"; "lines of
communication were set up
between the two firms" (synonym)
communication channel,
line (hypernym) communication,
communicating (hyponym)
back channel (derivation) conduct, transmit, convey,
carry (classification) plural,
plural form6. a
bodily passage or
tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a
secretion or
other substance; "the
tear duct was obstructed"; "the
alimentary canal"; "poison is
released through a
channel in
the snake's fangs" (synonym) duct,
epithelial duct,
canal (hypernym) passage,
passageway (hyponym)
pore (part-meronym)
ampulla (derivation) transmit, transfer, transport, channelize, channelise7. a
television station and its programs; "a
satellite TV channel"; "surfing
through the channels"; "they
offer more than one hundred channels" (synonym)
television channel, TV
channel (hypernym)
television station, TV station8. a
way of
selling a
company's product either directly or
via distributors; "possible
distribution channels are wholesalers or
small retailers or
retail chains or
direct mailers or
your own stores" (synonym)
distribution channel (hypernym) marketing
Verb1.
transmit or
serve as
the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The
airwaves carry the sound"; "Many
metals conduct heat" (synonym) conduct, transmit, convey,
carry (hypernym) bring, convey,
take (hyponym)
wash up (verb-group)
carry (derivation)
communication channel, line2.
direct the flow of; "channel infomartion
towards a
broad audience" (synonym) canalize,
canalise (hypernym) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise (derivation) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation3.
send from one person or
place to another; "transmit a message" (synonym) transmit, transfer, transport, channelize,
channelise (hypernym) move,
displace (hyponym) bring, get, convey,
fetch (derivation) channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation
(Or "chat room", "room", depending on the system in question) the basic unit of group discussion in chat systems like IRC. once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel. channels can either be named with numbers or with strings that begin with a "#" sign and can have topic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to the actual subject of discussion).Some notable channels are "#initgame", "#hottub" and "#report". At times of international crisis, "#report" has hundreds of members, some of whom take turns listening to various news services and typing in summaries of the news, or in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action (e.g. scud missile attacks in tel aviv during the gulf war in 1991).[Jargon File](1998-01-25)
strong broad planks bolted to the sides, to keep the dead-eyes in the chains from the side, to spread the rigging farther out.
A channel is a narrow, deep waterway connecting two bodies of water; the deepest part of a river or waterway. the difference between a Canal and a channel is that a canal is man-made, whilst the channel is not, as it is often a divide between two body of land.
A single path of an audio channel. Usually, each channel contains a different signal or one half of a stereo pair.
