channel

The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.

“The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.”

The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

“A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.”

The navigable part of a river.

“We were careful to keep our boat in the channel.”

A narrow body of water between two land masses.

“The English Channel lies between France and England.”

Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.

“The news was conveyed to us by different channels.”

A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

constructionmechanical engineeringA structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.

electronicsA connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.

“The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.”

electronicsThe narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.

communicationThe part that connects a data source to a data sink.

“A channel stretches between them.”

communicationA path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

“We are using one of the 24 channels.”

communicationA single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.

“The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.”

communicationA single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.

“Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.”

broadcastingA specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

“KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.”

To make or cut a channel or groove in.

To direct or guide along a desired course.

“We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.”

of a spiritas of a dead personTo serve as a medium for.

“She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.”

To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

“He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.”

“When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.”

Send from one person or place to another

“transmit a message”