Sourcenoun
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
âThe accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.â;
Channelnoun
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
âThe water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel.â;
Sourcenoun
Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.
âThe main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.â;
Channelnoun
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
âA channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.â;
Sourcenoun
A reporter's informant.
Channelnoun
The navigable part of a river.
âWe were careful to keep our boat in the channel.â;
Sourcenoun
(computing) Source code.
Channelnoun
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
âThe English Channel lies between France and England.â;
Sourcenoun
(electronics) The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Channelnoun
That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
âThe news was conveyed to us by different channels.â;
Sourceverb
To obtain or procure: used especially of a business resource.
Channelnoun
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
Sourceverb
(transitive) To find information about (a quotation)'s source from which it comes: to find a citation for.
Channelnoun
(electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
âThe guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.â;
Sourcenoun
The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.
âTherefore right as an hawk upon a soursUp springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two.â;
Channelnoun
(electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
Sourcenoun
The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain.
âWhere as the Poo out of a welle smallTaketh his firste springing and his sours.â; âKings that ruleBehind the hidden sources of the Nile.â;
Channelnoun
(communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
âA channel stretches between them.â;
Sourcenoun
That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause.
âThis source of ideas every man has wholly in himself.â; âThe source of Newton's light, of Bacon's sense.â;
Channelnoun
(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
âWe are using one of the 24 channels.â;
Sourcenoun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being;
âthe Italian beginning of the Renaissanceâ; âJupiter was the origin of the radiationâ; âPittsburgh is the source of the Ohio Riverâ; âcommunism's Russian rootâ;
Channelnoun
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
âThe channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.â;
Sourcenoun
a person who supplies information
Channelnoun
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
âTheir call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.â;
Sourcenoun
a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to;
âhe carried an armful of references back to his deskâ; âhe spent hours looking for the source of that quotationâ;
Channelnoun
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
âKNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.â;
Sourcenoun
a document (or organization) from which information is obtained;
âthe reporter had two sources for the storyâ;
Channelnoun
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
âNBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.â;
Sourcenoun
a facility where something is available
Channelnoun
(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.
âThis chip in this disk drive is the channel device.â;
Sourcenoun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
Channelnoun
(technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
âThe liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.â;
Sourcenoun
someone who originates or causes or initiates something;
âhe was the generator of several complaintsâ;
Channelnoun
A distribution channel
Sourcenoun
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system;
âa heat sourceâ; âa source of carbon dioxideâ;
Channelnoun
(Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
Sourcenoun
anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies;
âan infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survivalâ;
Channelnoun
(Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
Sourceverb
get (a product) from another country or business;
âShe sourced a supply of carpetâ; âThey are sourcing from smaller companiesâ;
Channelnoun
A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
Sourceverb
specify the origin of;
âThe writer carefully sourced her reportâ;
Channelnoun
(nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Channelverb
(transitive) To make or cut a channel or groove in.
Channelverb
(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.
âWe will channel the traffic to the left with these cones.â;
Channelverb
To serve as a medium for.
âShe was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth.â;
Channelverb
(transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
âHe was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it.â; âWhen it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.â;
Channelnoun
The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.
Channelnoun
The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.
Channelnoun
A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.
Channelnoun
That through which anything passes; a means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
âThe veins are converging channels.â; âAt best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know.â;
Channelnoun
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
Channelnoun
Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Channelnoun
official routes of communication, especially the official means by which information should be transmitted in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through channels; you have to go through channels.
Channelnoun
a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially, the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in television broadcasting, and designated by a specific number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS.
Channelnoun
one of the signals in an electronic device which receives or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements simultaneously.
Channelnoun
an opening in a cell membrane which serves to actively transport or allow passive transport of substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a nerve cell.
Channelnoun
a path for transmission of signals between devices within a computer or between a computer and an external device; as, a DMA channel.
Channelverb
To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.
âNo more shall trenching war channel her fields.â;
Channelverb
To course through or over, as in a channel.
Channelnoun
a path over which electrical signals can pass;
âa channel is typically what you rent from a telephone companyâ;
Channelnoun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through;
âthe fields were crossed with irrigation channelsâ; âgutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the streetâ;
Channelnoun
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Channelnoun
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels;
âthe ship went aground in the channelâ;
Channelnoun
(often plural) a means of communication or access;
âit must go through official channelsâ; âlines of communication were set up between the two firmsâ;
Channelnoun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;
âthe tear duct was obstructedâ; âthe alimentary canalâ; âpoison is released through a channel in the snake's fangsâ;
Channelnoun
a television station and its programs;
âa satellite TV channelâ; âsurfing through the channelsâ; âthey offer more than one hundred channelsâ;
Channelnoun
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;
âpossible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own storesâ;
Channelverb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;
âSound carries well over waterâ; âThe airwaves carry the soundâ; âMany metals conduct heatâ;
Channelverb
direct the flow of;
âchannel infomartion towards a broad audienceâ;
Channelverb
send from one person or place to another;
âtransmit a messageâ;
Channelnoun
a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.
Channelnoun
the English Channel
âthe movement has spread across the Channelâ;
Channelnoun
a navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels
âbuoys marked the safe limits of the channelâ;
Channelnoun
a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway
âthe river is confined in a narrow channelâ;
Channelnoun
a band of frequencies used in radio and television transmission, especially as used by a particular station.
Channelnoun
a service or station using a channel of frequencies
âa new television channelâ;
Channelnoun
a method or system for communication or distribution
âsome companies have a variety of sales channelsâ; âthey didn't apply through the proper channelsâ;
Channelnoun
an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal
âan audio channelâ;
Channelnoun
the semiconductor region in a field-effect transistor that forms the main current path between the source and the drain.
Channelnoun
a tubular passage or duct for liquid
âfish eggs have a small channel called the micropyleâ;
Channelverb
direct towards a particular end or object
âthe council is to channel public funds into training schemesâ;
Channelverb
cause to pass along or through a specified route or medium
âmany countries channel their aid through charitiesâ;
Channelverb
(of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit)
âshe was channelling the spirit of Billie Holidayâ;
Channelverb
emulate or seem to be inspired by
âMeg Ryan plays Avery as if she's channelling Nicole Kidmanâ;
Channelverb
form channels or grooves in
âpottery with a distinctive channelled decorationâ;