channel

v. convey through a particular medium, send through a channel; direct, refer

n. canal; station; television station and its programs; (Computers) group chat on the Internet, conference, chat room on the Internet

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.Channel may also refer to:Canal, a manmade water channelEnglish channel, the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern FranceChannel (Chinese medicine), also known as "Meridian", common name of vessel and collateralsChannel (communications), the route which a message followsChannel (geography), the course traveled by a body of water: (a) between land masses or (b) as a river or sloughChannel (digital image), the black and white representation of a specific colorChannel (marketing), the distribution "channel" for selling and delivering a product or service to a company's customersIon channel, a channel in a plasma membrane which helps certain ions to enter/exit a biological cellScattering channel, in scattering theory, a possible state of the colliding systemTelevision channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpartActive Channel, a website type which was introduced by Internet Explorer 4.0 in 1997Stereophonic sound, 2 channel stereo; Quadraphonic sound, 4 channel stereoWii Menu, the channels-operated interface for the Wii console
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Noun
1. 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, carry
2. 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, channelise
3. 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) dado
4. 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) river
5. (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 form
6. 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, channelise
7. 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 station
8. 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
Verb
1. 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, line
2. 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, canalisation
3. 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

(v. t.)
To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
  

(v. t.)
To course through or over, as in a channel.
  

(n.)
The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
  

(n.)
The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
  

(n.)
That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
  

(n.)
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
  

1. A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit. (188 ) 2. A single path provided by a transmission medium via either (a) physical separation, such as by multipair cable or (b) electrical separation, such as by frequency- or time-division multiplexing. (188 ) 3. A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths. (188 ) 4. Used in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword to reference a specific radio frequency. (188 ) 5. The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head. 6. In a communications system, the part that connects a data source to a data sink.