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channelization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English channel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English channelization From channel + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The straightening and widening of a stream or river.
   • Section 404 of the Clean Water Act does not regulate activities such as drainage, ditching, and channelization for agricultural production. 1998, Lloyd L. Adams, Wetlands Overview: Problems With Acreage Data Persist:
2. (countable, uncountable) The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels.
   • 1979, Radiofrequency use and management: impacts from the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979. The specific frequency bands are not consistent with the current design and channelization plans for the DSCS [Defense Satellite Communications System] III.

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