Definition of channel

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Channel (n.) That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels..

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Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like..
Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel..
Glide :: Glide (v. i.) To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice..
Gutter :: Gutter (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Feather :: Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..
By-pass :: By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course..
Fuller :: Fuller (v. t.) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet..
Channel :: Channel (v. t.) To course through or over, as in a channel..
Flume :: Flume (n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity..
Gully :: Gully (n.) A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
River :: River (n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook..
Sleeve :: Sleeve (n.) A narrow channel of water.
Runway :: Runway (n.) The channel of a stream.
Channelling :: Channelling () of Channe.
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river..
Telepathy :: Telepathy (n.) The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation..
Breasting :: Breasting (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel..
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