| slovo | definícia |
channel
(mass) | channel
- prieplav, žľab, kanál |
channel
(encz) | channel,drážka Zdeněk Brož |
channel
(encz) | channel,kanál Zdeněk Brož |
channel
(encz) | channel,program Pavel Machek; Giza |
channel
(encz) | channel,průliv n: Zdeněk Brož |
channel
(encz) | channel,průplav n: Zdeněk Brož |
channel
(encz) | channel,televizní kanál n: luno |
channel
(encz) | channel,usměrňovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
channel
(encz) | channel,žlab Zdeněk Brož |
channel
(encz) | channel,žlábek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Channel
(gcide) | 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.
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No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
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2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
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Channel
(gcide) | Channel \Chan"nel\ (ch[a^]n"n[e^]l), 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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of
lands; as, the British Channel.
[1913 Webster]
4. That through which anything passes; a means of passing,
conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to
us by different channels.
[1913 Webster]
The veins are converging channels. --Dalton.
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At best, he is but a channel to convey to the
National assembly such matter as may import that
body to know. --Burke.
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5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
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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.
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7. pl. official routes of communication, especially the
official means by which information should be transmitted
in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through
channels; you have to go through channels.
[PJC]
8. a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used
for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially,
the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in
television broadcasting, and designated by a specific
number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
[PJC]
9. one of the signals in an electronic device which receives
or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in
stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in
measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements
simultaneously.
[PJC]
10. (Cell biology) an opening in a cell membrane which serves
to actively transport or allow passive transport of
substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a
nerve cell.
[PJC]
11. (Computers) a path for transmission of signals between
devices within a computer or between a computer and an
external device; as, a DMA channel.
[PJC]
Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam
having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.
Channel bill (Zool.), a very large Australian cuckoo
(Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae].
Channel goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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channel
(wn) | channel
n 1: a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel
is typically what you rent from a telephone company" [syn:
channel, transmission channel]
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"
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) [syn: groove, channel]
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"
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" [syn: channel, {communication
channel}, line]
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" [syn: duct,
epithelial duct, canal, channel]
7: a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV
channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more
than one hundred channels" [syn: channel, {television
channel}, TV channel]
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" [syn: distribution channel, channel]
v 1: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
2: direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad
audience" [syn: channel, canalize, canalise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise] |
channel
(foldoc) | channel
chat room
room
(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)
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channel
(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).
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
channel
(mass) | channel
- prieplav, žľab, kanál |
channel
(encz) | channel,drážka Zdeněk Brožchannel,kanál Zdeněk Brožchannel,program Pavel Machek; Gizachannel,průliv n: Zdeněk Brožchannel,průplav n: Zdeněk Brožchannel,televizní kanál n: lunochannel,usměrňovat v: Zdeněk Brožchannel,žlab Zdeněk Brožchannel,žlábek n: Zdeněk Brož |
channel bass
(encz) | channel bass, n: |
channel bed
(encz) | channel bed,dno koryta toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
channel bed roughness
(encz) | channel bed roughness,drsnost koryta toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
channel capacity
(encz) | channel capacity, n: |
channel cat
(encz) | channel cat, n: |
channel catfish
(encz) | channel catfish, n: |
channel deformation
(encz) | channel deformation,deformace koryta toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
channel detention
(encz) | channel detention,kanálová zdrž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
channel devastation
(encz) | channel devastation,devastace koryta toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
channel islands
(encz) | Channel Islands,Normanské ostrovy [zem.] n: |
channel-surf
(encz) | channel-surf, v: |
channelisation
(encz) | channelisation, n: |
channelise
(encz) | channelise, v: |
channelization
(encz) | channelization, |
channelize
(encz) | channelize, |
channelled
(encz) | channelled,propojený kanály Zdeněk Brož |
channeller
(encz) | channeller, |
channelling
(encz) | channelling, |
channels
(encz) | channels,kanály n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
communication channel
(encz) | communication channel, n: |
distribution channel
(encz) | distribution channel,distribuční cesta Zdeněk Broždistribution channel,distribuční kanál Zdeněk Brož |
financial channels
(encz) | financial channels, |
interchannel
(encz) | interchannel, |
marketing channels
(encz) | marketing channels, |
multichannel
(encz) | multichannel,mnohokanálový adj: Zdeněk Brožmultichannel,multiplexní kanál Zdeněk Brožmultichannel,vícekanálový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
single-channel
(encz) | single-channel, adj: |
subchannel
(encz) | subchannel,podkanál luke |
subchannels
(encz) | subchannels,podkanály n: pl. luke |
television channel
(encz) | television channel, n: |
transmission channel
(encz) | transmission channel, n: |
two-channel
(encz) | two-channel, adj: |
Channel bar
(gcide) | Channel \Chan"nel\ (ch[a^]n"n[e^]l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of
lands; as, the British Channel.
[1913 Webster]
4. That through which anything passes; a means of passing,
conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to
us by different channels.
[1913 Webster]
The veins are converging channels. --Dalton.
[1913 Webster]
At best, he is but a channel to convey to the
National assembly such matter as may import that
body to know. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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7. pl. official routes of communication, especially the
official means by which information should be transmitted
in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through
channels; you have to go through channels.
[PJC]
8. a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used
for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially,
the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in
television broadcasting, and designated by a specific
number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
[PJC]
9. one of the signals in an electronic device which receives
or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in
stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in
measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements
simultaneously.
[PJC]
10. (Cell biology) an opening in a cell membrane which serves
to actively transport or allow passive transport of
substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a
nerve cell.
[PJC]
11. (Computers) a path for transmission of signals between
devices within a computer or between a computer and an
external device; as, a DMA channel.
[PJC]
Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam
having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.
Channel bill (Zool.), a very large Australian cuckoo
(Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae].
Channel goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Channel bill
(gcide) | Channel \Chan"nel\ (ch[a^]n"n[e^]l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of
lands; as, the British Channel.
[1913 Webster]
4. That through which anything passes; a means of passing,
conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to
us by different channels.
[1913 Webster]
The veins are converging channels. --Dalton.
[1913 Webster]
At best, he is but a channel to convey to the
National assembly such matter as may import that
body to know. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
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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.
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7. pl. official routes of communication, especially the
official means by which information should be transmitted
in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through
channels; you have to go through channels.
[PJC]
8. a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used
for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially,
the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in
television broadcasting, and designated by a specific
number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
[PJC]
9. one of the signals in an electronic device which receives
or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in
stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in
measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements
simultaneously.
[PJC]
10. (Cell biology) an opening in a cell membrane which serves
to actively transport or allow passive transport of
substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a
nerve cell.
[PJC]
11. (Computers) a path for transmission of signals between
devices within a computer or between a computer and an
external device; as, a DMA channel.
[PJC]
Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam
having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.
Channel bill (Zool.), a very large Australian cuckoo
(Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae].
Channel goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Channel goose
(gcide) | Channel \Chan"nel\ (ch[a^]n"n[e^]l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of
lands; as, the British Channel.
[1913 Webster]
4. That through which anything passes; a means of passing,
conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to
us by different channels.
[1913 Webster]
The veins are converging channels. --Dalton.
[1913 Webster]
At best, he is but a channel to convey to the
National assembly such matter as may import that
body to know. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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7. pl. official routes of communication, especially the
official means by which information should be transmitted
in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through
channels; you have to go through channels.
[PJC]
8. a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used
for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially,
the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in
television broadcasting, and designated by a specific
number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
[PJC]
9. one of the signals in an electronic device which receives
or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in
stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in
measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements
simultaneously.
[PJC]
10. (Cell biology) an opening in a cell membrane which serves
to actively transport or allow passive transport of
substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a
nerve cell.
[PJC]
11. (Computers) a path for transmission of signals between
devices within a computer or between a computer and an
external device; as, a DMA channel.
[PJC]
Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam
having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.
Channel bill (Zool.), a very large Australian cuckoo
(Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae].
Channel goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Channel iron
(gcide) | Channel \Chan"nel\ (ch[a^]n"n[e^]l), 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of
lands; as, the British Channel.
[1913 Webster]
4. That through which anything passes; a means of passing,
conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to
us by different channels.
[1913 Webster]
The veins are converging channels. --Dalton.
[1913 Webster]
At best, he is but a channel to convey to the
National assembly such matter as may import that
body to know. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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7. pl. official routes of communication, especially the
official means by which information should be transmitted
in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through
channels; you have to go through channels.
[PJC]
8. a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used
for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially,
the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in
television broadcasting, and designated by a specific
number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
[PJC]
9. one of the signals in an electronic device which receives
or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in
stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in
measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements
simultaneously.
[PJC]
10. (Cell biology) an opening in a cell membrane which serves
to actively transport or allow passive transport of
substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a
nerve cell.
[PJC]
11. (Computers) a path for transmission of signals between
devices within a computer or between a computer and an
external device; as, a DMA channel.
[PJC]
Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam
having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel.
Channel bill (Zool.), a very large Australian cuckoo
(Scythrops Nov[ae]hollandi[ae].
Channel goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Channeled
(gcide) | 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.
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No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
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2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
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Channeling
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
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2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]Channeling \Chan"nel*ing\, n.
1. The act or process of forming a channel or channels.
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2. A channel or a system of channels; a groove.
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Channelled
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
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Channelling
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.
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Eaves channel
(gcide) | Eaves \Eaves\, n. pl. [OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves,
brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG.
obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel.
upsar-dropi, OSw. ops[aum]-drup water dropping from the
eaves. Probably from the root of E. over. The s of eaves is
in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in
Saxon. See Over, and cf. Eavesdrop.]
1. (Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a
building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water
that falls on the roof.
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2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.] "Eaves of the hill." --Wyclif.
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3. Eyelids or eyelashes.
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And closing eaves of wearied eyes. --Tennyson.
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Eaves board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with
a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of
a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little,
or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also
eaves catch and eaves lath.
Eaves channel, Eaves gutter, Eaves trough. Same as
Gutter, 1.
Eaves molding (Arch.), a molding immediately below the
eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice.
Eaves swallow (Zo["o]l.).
(a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of
building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of
buildings. See Cliff swallow, under Cliff.
(b) The European swallow.
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Enchannel
(gcide) | Enchannel \En*chan"nel\, v. t.
To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled."
--Sir D. Brewster.
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Gate channel
(gcide) | Gate \Gate\ (g[=a]t), n. [OE. [yogh]et, [yogh]eat, giat, gate,
door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat
opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v.
Cf. Gate a way, 3d Get.]
1. A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an
inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.;
also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by
which the passage can be closed.
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2. An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or
barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens
a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance
or of exit.
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Knowest thou the way to Dover?
Both stile and gate, horse way and footpath. --Shak.
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Opening a gate for a long war. --Knolles.
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3. A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage
of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
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4. (Script.) The places which command the entrances or
access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
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The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
--Matt. xvi.
18.
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5. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt
to pass through or into.
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6. (Founding)
(a) The channel or opening through which metal is poured
into the mold; the ingate.
(b) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue
or sullage piece. [Written also geat and git.]
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Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock,
which receives the opened gate.
Gate channel. See Gate, 5.
Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge.
Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure.
Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad
crossing.
Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate
which affords a straight passageway when open.
Gate vein (Anat.), the portal vein.
To break gates (Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure
after the hour to which a student has been restricted.
To stand in the gate or To stand in the gates, to occupy
places or advantage, power, or defense.
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back channel
(wn) | back channel
n 1: an alternative to the regular channels of communication
that is used when agreements must be made secretly
(especially in diplomacy or government); "they negotiated
via a back channel" |
back-channel
(wn) | back-channel
adj 1: via a back channel; "the failure of back-channel
negotiations" |
blue channel cat
(wn) | blue channel cat
n 1: a large catfish of the Mississippi valley [syn: {blue
catfish}, blue cat, blue channel catfish, {blue channel
cat}] |
blue channel catfish
(wn) | blue channel catfish
n 1: a large catfish of the Mississippi valley [syn: {blue
catfish}, blue cat, blue channel catfish, {blue channel
cat}] |
bristol channel
(wn) | Bristol Channel
n 1: an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Wales and
southwestern England |
calcium-channel blocker
(wn) | calcium-channel blocker
n 1: any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the
electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or
smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in
the treatment of angina or arrhythmia or hypertension or
migraine [syn: calcium blocker, {calcium-channel
blocker}] |
channel
(wn) | channel
n 1: a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel
is typically what you rent from a telephone company" [syn:
channel, transmission channel]
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"
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) [syn: groove, channel]
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"
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" [syn: channel, {communication
channel}, line]
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" [syn: duct,
epithelial duct, canal, channel]
7: a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV
channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more
than one hundred channels" [syn: channel, {television
channel}, TV channel]
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" [syn: distribution channel, channel]
v 1: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
2: direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad
audience" [syn: channel, canalize, canalise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise] |
channel bass
(wn) | channel bass
n 1: large edible fish found off coast of United States from
Massachusetts to Mexico [syn: red drum, channel bass,
redfish, Sciaenops ocellatus] |
channel capacity
(wn) | channel capacity
n 1: the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given
channel |
channel cat
(wn) | channel cat
n 1: freshwater food fish common throughout central United
States [syn: channel catfish, channel cat, {Ictalurus
punctatus}] |
channel catfish
(wn) | channel catfish
n 1: freshwater food fish common throughout central United
States [syn: channel catfish, channel cat, {Ictalurus
punctatus}] |
channel island
(wn) | Channel Island
n 1: any of a group of British islands in the English Channel
off the northern coast of France |
channel islands national park
(wn) | Channel Islands National Park
n 1: a national park in California featuring sea birds and
marine life |
channel tunnel
(wn) | Channel Tunnel
n 1: the railroad tunnel between France and England under the
English Channel [syn: chunnel, Channel Tunnel] |
channel-surf
(wn) | channel-surf
v 1: switch channels, on television [syn: surf, {channel-
surf}] |
channelisation
(wn) | channelisation
n 1: management through specified channels of communication
[syn: channelization, channelisation, canalization,
canalisation] |
channelise
(wn) | channelise
v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre,
direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise]
2: make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the
country for better transportation" [syn: channelize,
channelise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]
4: cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" [syn:
channelize, channelise] |
channelization
(wn) | channelization
n 1: management through specified channels of communication
[syn: channelization, channelisation, canalization,
canalisation] |
channelize
(wn) | channelize
v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre,
direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise]
2: make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the
country for better transportation" [syn: channelize,
channelise]
3: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]
4: cause to form a channel; "channelize a stream" [syn:
channelize, channelise] |
channels
(wn) | channels
n 1: official routes of communication; "you have to go through
channels" |
communication channel
(wn) | communication channel
n 1: (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must
go through official channels"; "lines of communication were
set up between the two firms" [syn: channel,
communication channel, line] |
distribution channel
(wn) | distribution channel
n 1: 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" [syn: distribution channel,
channel] |
english channel
(wn) | English Channel
n 1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between
France and Britain |
mozambique channel
(wn) | Mozambique Channel
n 1: an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and
southeastern Africa |
multichannel recorder
(wn) | multichannel recorder
n 1: a recorder with two or more channels; makes continuous
records of two or more signals simultaneously |
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