channel
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- noun
- /ˈtʃænəl/
- Specialized
- I've been getting some interference in D channel.
- frequency channel
- channel compression
- two channels
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Watch on YouTubeActually there is no such thing as dual channel or quad channel memory.
- Actually there is no such thing as dual channel or quad channel memory.
- And the first of which which is probably the most used are what's called the channel voice signals.
- Just let the easiest neural channels have their way and grab that sandwich.
- The design I have, I'm going to have three channels in the front.
Examples
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The audio signal typically contains two separate channels transmitted simultaneously to deliver stereo sound.
Academic text (1999) -
Have all units stay off the A channel as much as possible.
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Again with the single channel memory, what is this?
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Get me on the Guard channel, I wanna talk to the pilot.
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During testing, only the presentation level of the speech channel was allowed to vary.
Academic text (1990) -
A long beat as the static of the open channel comes back.
Fiction book (2002) -
Set your radios on channel three.
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This is an uncoded channel.
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When the sodium channels close, the potassium channels again take over.
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The audio signal travels through a separate channel to ensure clear sound quality.
Synonyms
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A way to send information between people, groups, or devices
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A wire or path that carries information between two devices
Compounds
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A narrow part of the sea that lies between southern England and northern France
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A way to send information between people, groups, or devices
- Specialized
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A way a company gets products to customers, like stores or online shops
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A freshwater fish with whisker-like feelers common in North America and often eaten
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A medicine that reduces calcium entering the heart and blood vessels to treat high blood pressure and chest pain
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Largest amount of data a channel can send without errors, usually measured in bits per second
A national park on islands off southern California with many sea birds and marine life
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A narrow sea passage between Northern Ireland and Scotland linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea
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A large catfish with bluish gray skin and a forked tail that lives in rivers like the Mississippi
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A large freshwater catfish with long whiskers and blue-gray color that lives in the Mississippi River
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Etymology
Channel comes from the old Latin word canalis, meaning 'pipe' or 'waterway', giving the idea of a clear path for movement. So an electrical or radio channel is a specific path that carries signals from one place to another.