Channel vs. Medium
Channelnoun
The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
Channelnoun
The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
Channelnoun
The navigable part of a river.
Channelnoun
A narrow body of water between two land masses.
Channelnoun
That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
Channelnoun
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
Channelnoun
(electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
Channelnoun
(electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
Channelnoun
(communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
Channelnoun
(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
Channelnoun
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
Channelnoun
(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
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.
Channelnoun
(broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
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.
Channelnoun
(technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
Channelnoun
A distribution channel
Channelnoun
(Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated to a specific topic.
Channelnoun
(Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
Channelnoun
A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
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.
Channelverb
To serve as a medium for.
Channelverb
(transitive) To follow as a model, especially in a performance.
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.
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.
Channelverb
To course through or over, as in a channel.
Channelnoun
a path over which electrical signals can pass;
Channelnoun
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through;
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;
Channelnoun
(often plural) a means of communication or access;
Channelnoun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance;
Channelnoun
a television station and its programs;
Channelnoun
a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors;
Channelverb
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission;
Channelverb
direct the flow of;
Channelverb
send from one person or place to another;
Channelnoun
a length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.
Channelnoun
the English Channel
Channelnoun
a navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels
Channelnoun
a hollow bed for a natural or artificial waterway
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
Channelnoun
a method or system for communication or distribution
Channelnoun
an electric circuit which acts as a path for a signal
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
Channelverb
direct towards a particular end or object
Channelverb
cause to pass along or through a specified route or medium
Channelverb
(of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit)
Channelverb
emulate or seem to be inspired by
Channelverb
form channels or grooves in
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) The chemistry of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) The materials or empty space through which signals, waves or forces pass.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) A format for communicating or presenting information.
Mediumnoun
The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
Mediumnoun
A nutrient solution for the growth of cells in vitro.
Mediumnoun
(plural media or mediums) The means, channel, or agency by which an aim is achieved.
Mediumnoun
(plural mediums or media) A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
Mediumnoun
A tool used for painting or drawing.
Mediumnoun
Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.
Mediumnoun
(plural mediums) Anything having a measurement intermediate between extremes, such as a garment or container.
Mediumnoun
(plural mediums) A person whom garments or apparel of intermediate size fit.
Mediumnoun
A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).
Mediumnoun
A middle place or degree.
Mediumnoun
(dated) An average; sometimes the mathematical mean.
Mediumnoun
(logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
Mediumadjective
(obsolete) Arithmetically average.
Mediumadjective
Of intermediate size, degree, amount etc.
Mediumadjective
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.
Mediumadverb
to a medium extent
Mediumnoun
That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity.
Mediumnoun
See Mean.
Mediumnoun
A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound.
Mediumnoun
An average.
Mediumnoun
A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.
Mediumnoun
The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.
Mediumnoun
A source of nutrients in which a microorganism is placed to permit its growth, cause it to produce substances, or observe its activity under defined conditions; also called culture medium or growth medium. The medium is usually a solution of nutrients in water, or a similar solution solidified with gelatin or agar.
Mediumnoun
A means of transmission of news, advertising, or other messages from an information source to the public, also called a news medium, such as a newspaper or radio; used mostly in the plural form, i. e. news media or media. See 1st media{2}.
Mediumadjective
Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
Mediumnoun
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
Mediumnoun
the surrounding environment;
Mediumnoun
an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
Mediumnoun
(bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
Mediumnoun
an intervening substance through which something is achieved;
Mediumnoun
a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
Mediumnoun
(biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed
Mediumnoun
a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position;
Mediumnoun
someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead;
Mediumnoun
transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public
Mediumnoun
an occupation for which you are especially well suited;
Mediumadjective
around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures;
Mediumadjective
(of meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside
Mediumnoun
an agency or means of doing something
Mediumnoun
a means by which something is communicated or expressed
Mediumnoun
the intervening substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or physical forces are transmitted
Mediumnoun
the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured
Mediumnoun
a liquid (e.g. oil or water) with which pigments are mixed, with a binder, to make paint.
Mediumnoun
a particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs.
Mediumnoun
the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer
Mediumnoun
a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living.
Mediumnoun
the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance
Mediumadjective
about halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average
