channeling

[chan-l-ing]

chan·nel·ing

[chan-l-ing]
noun
1.
Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
2.
the practice of professedly entering a meditative or trancelike state in order to convey messages from a spiritual guide.
Also, especially British, chan·nel·ling.


Origin:
1970–75

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chan·nel

1[chan-l] noun, verb, chan·neled, chan·nel·ing or (especially British) chan·nelled, chan·nel·ling.
noun
1.
the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
2.
Nautical. a navigable route between two bodies of water.
3.
the deeper part of a waterway.
4.
a wide strait, as between a continent and an island.
5.
a course into which something may be directed: He hoped to direct the conversation to a new channel.
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6.
a route through which anything passes or progresses: channels of trade.
7.
channels, the specific, prescribed, or official course or means of communication: In an emergency he was able to reach the governor without going through channels.
8.
a groove or furrow.
9.
a means of access: He considers the Senate a channel to the White House.
10.
Architecture.
a.
a flute in a column, especially one having no fillet between it and other flutes.
b.
any of the prominent vertical grooves in a triglyph.
11.
(in jazz or popular music) a bridge.
12.
a frequency band of sufficient width for one- or two-way communication from or to a transmitter used for television, radio, CB radio, telephone, or telegraph communication.
13.
Computers. a path for the transfer of signals or data within a computer or between a computer and its peripheral equipment.
14.
Digital Technology.
a.
feed (def. 23): Learn how to create your own Web channel.
b.
a Web page or Web site that distributes frequently updated content by means of a feed: Subscribe to my YouTube channel.
15.
either of the two signals in stereophonic or any single signal in multichannel sound recording and reproduction.
16.
Cell Biology. a transient opening made by a protein embedded in a cell membrane, permitting passage of specific ions or molecules into or out of the cell: calcium channel.
17.
a tubular passage for liquids or fluids.
18.
Building Trades.
a.
any structural member, as one of reinforced concrete, having the form of three sides of a rectangle.
b.
a number of such members: channel in 100-foot lengths.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
19.
to convey through or as through a channel: He channeled the information to us.
20.
to direct toward or into some particular course: to channel one's interests.
21.
to excavate as a channel.
22.
to form a channel in; groove.
verb (used without object)
23.
to become marked by a channel: Soft earth has a tendency to channel during a heavy rain.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English chanel < Old French < Latin canālis waterpipe; see canal

chan·nel·er; especially British, chan·nel·ler, noun
mul·ti·chan·neled, adjective
mul·ti·chan·nelled, adjective
non·chan·neled, adjective
un·chan·neled, adjective
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un·chan·nelled, adjective
COLLAPSE


8. trough, gash, cut. 19. route, direct, steer.

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