Channel vs. Passage
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
Passagenoun
A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
Passagenoun
Part of a path or journey.
Passagenoun
The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
Passagenoun
(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
Passagenoun
A passageway or corridor.
Passagenoun
(caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
Passagenoun
(euphemistic) The vagina.
Passagenoun
The act of passing
Passagenoun
(dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
Passageverb
(medicine) To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium
Passageverb
(rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross
Passageverb
To execute a passage movement
Passagenoun
The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.
Passagenoun
Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.
Passagenoun
Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.
Passagenoun
Removal from life; decease; departure; death.
Passagenoun
Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.
Passagenoun
A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.
Passagenoun
A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.
Passagenoun
A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.
Passagenoun
Reception; currency.
Passagenoun
A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
Passagenoun
A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
Passagenoun
In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
Passagenoun
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
Passagenoun
a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
Passagenoun
a way through or along which someone or something may pass
Passagenoun
the passing of a law by a legislative body
Passagenoun
a journey usually by ship;
Passagenoun
a short section of a musical composition
Passagenoun
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass;
Passagenoun
a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another;
Passagenoun
the motion of one object relative to another;
Passagenoun
the act of passing something to another person
Passagenoun
the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another
Passagenoun
the action or process of moving forward
Passagenoun
the right to pass through somewhere
Passagenoun
a journey by sea or air
Passagenoun
(of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination
Passagenoun
a narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway
Passagenoun
a duct, vessel, or other channel in the body.
Passagenoun
the process of transition from one state to another
Passagenoun
the passing of a bill into law
Passagenoun
a short extract from a book or other printed material
Passagenoun
a section of a piece of music
Passagenoun
an episode in a spell of longer activity such as a sporting event
Passagenoun
the propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence
Passagenoun
a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.
Passageverb
subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage
