A Quick and Simple Dictionary

channel

1. Proper noun.  (by ellipsis) the English Channel.
2. Noun.  The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
3. Noun.  The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
4. Noun.  The navigable part of a river.
5. Noun.  A narrow body of water between two land masses.
6. Noun.  (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
7. Noun.  (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
8. Noun.  (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
9. Noun.  (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
10. Noun.  (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
11. Noun.  (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
12. Noun.  (context, broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
13. Noun.  (context, broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
14. Noun.  (context, storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
15. Noun.  (context, technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
16. Noun.  (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
17. Noun.  (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
18. Noun.  (Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
19. Verb.  To direct the flow of something.
20. Verb.  To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal presentation.
21. Noun.  (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains.