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pan⋅el

  [pan-l] noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
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–noun
1. a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., esp. of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
2. a comparatively thin, flat piece of wood or the like, as a large piece of plywood.
3. a group of persons gathered to conduct a public discussion, judge a contest, serve as advisers, be players on a radio or television game, or the like: a panel of political scientists meeting to discuss foreign policy.
4. a public discussion by such a group.
5. Law.
a. a list of persons summoned for service as jurors.
b. the body of persons composing a jury.
c. (in Scotland) the person or persons arraigned for trial.
6. a mount for or a surface or section of a machine containing the controls and dials.
7. Electricity. a switchboard or control board, or a division of a switchboard or control board containing a set of related cords, jacks, relays, etc.
8. a broad strip of material set vertically in or on a dress, skirt, etc.
9. Painting.
a. a flat piece of wood of varying kinds on which a picture is painted.
b. a picture painted on such a piece of wood.
10. (in Britain) a list of approved or cooperating doctors available to patients under a health insurance program.
11. Aeronautics. a lateral subdivision of an airfoil with internal girder construction.
12. Engineering, Building Trades.
a. the space on the chord of a truss between any two adjacent joints made by principal web members with the chord.
b. the space within the web of a truss between any two such joints and a corresponding pair of joints or a single joint on an opposite chord.
13. the section between the two bands on the spine of a bound book.
14. Mining. an area of a coal seam separated for mining purposes from adjacent areas by extra thick masses or ribs of coal.
15. a pad placed under a saddle.
16. a pad, cloth, or the like, serving as a saddle.
17. a pane, as in a window.
18. a slip of parchment.
19. a photograph much longer in one dimension than the other.
–verb (used with object)
20. to arrange in or furnish with a panel or panels.
21. to ornament with a panel or panels.
22. to set in a frame as a panel.
23. to select (a jury).
24. Scots Law. to bring to trial.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF panel a piece (of anything), dim. of pan piece of cloth or the like. See pane, -elle

Usage note:
See collective noun.
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pan·el   (pān'əl)   
n.  

  1. A flat, usually rectangular piece forming a raised, recessed, or framed part of the surface in which it is set.

  2. The space or section in a fence or railing between two posts.

  3. A vertical section of fabric; a gore.

    1. A thin wooden board, used as a surface for an oil painting.

    2. A painting on such a board.

    3. A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.

    4. An instrument panel.

    5. The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.

    6. Those persons selected from this list to compose a jury.

    7. A jury.

    8. A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.

    9. A discussion by such a group.

    1. A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.

    2. An instrument panel.

    3. The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.

    4. Those persons selected from this list to compose a jury.

    5. A jury.

    6. A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.

    7. A discussion by such a group.

  6. A section of a telephone switchboard.

  7. A cartoon drawing in a sequence of cartoons that form a narrative.

  8. Law

    1. The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.

    2. Those persons selected from this list to compose a jury.

    3. A jury.

    4. A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.

    5. A discussion by such a group.

    1. A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.

    2. A discussion by such a group.

tr.v.   pan·eled or pan·elled, pan·el·ing or pan·el·ling, pan·els

  1. To cover or furnish with panels.

  2. To decorate with panels.

  3. To separate into panels.

  4. Law To select or impanel (a jury).


[Middle English, piece of cloth, from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus, cloth; see pan- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

panel 
c.1300, from O.Fr. panel "saddle cushion, piece of cloth," from V.L. *pannellus, dim. of L. pannus "piece of cloth" (see pane). Anglo-Fr. sense of "piece of parchment (cloth) listing jurors" led by 1377 to meaning "jury." General sense of "persons called on to advise, judge, discuss," etc. is from 1575. Sense of "distinct part of surface of a wall, door, etc." is first recorded 1600. Panelist is 1952 in Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pan·el
Function: noun
1 : a group of community members summoned for jury service
2 : a group of usually three judges among the judges sitting on an appellate court who hear a particular appeal —compare FULL COURT
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pan·el
Pronunciation: 'pan-&l
Function: noun
: a list or group of persons selected for some service: as a : a list of physicians from among whom a patient may make a choice in accordance with various British health and insurance plans b : the patients cared for by a doctor under such a plan
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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