Channel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Channel	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Channel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
channel n a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company" Synonym(s): channel, transmission channel 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" 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(s): groove, channel 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" (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(s): channel, communication channel, line 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(s): duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels" Synonym(s): channel, television channel, TV channel 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(s): distribution channel, channel v transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" Synonym(s): impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience" Synonym(s): channel, canalize, canalise send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" Synonym(s): transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or {Channelling}.] 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. No more shall trenching war channel her fields. --Shak. 2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Channel \Chan"nel\, n. [OE. chanel, canel, OF. chanel, F. chenel, fr. L. canalis. See {Canal}.] 1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run. 2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels. 3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. 4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging channels. --Dalton. At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. --Burke. 5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. 6. pl. [Cf. {Chain wales}.] (Naut.) 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. {Channel bar}, {Channel iron} (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. {Channel bill} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Australian cuckoo ({Scythrops Nov[91]hollandi[91]}. {Channel goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
channel n. [IRC] The basic unit of discussion on {IRC}. Once one joins a channel, everything one types is read by others on that channel. Channels are named 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', `callahans', 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).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
channel (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)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Channel (1.) The bed of the sea or of a river (Ps. 18:15; Isa. 8:7). (2.) The "chanelbone" (Job 31:22 marg.), properly "tube" or "shaft," an old term for the collar-bone.