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canalisations

canalisations is the plural of canalisation.

Meaning of canalisation

Noun

canalisation (usually uncountable, plural canalisations)

  1. (usually) The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
    • The whole of the soil of the isthmus is admirably adapted for the labours of canalisation.1857, Charles Lamb Kenney, The Gates of the East: Ten Chapters on the Isthmus of Suez Canal, page 18
  2. (usually) The management of something using defined channels of communication.
  3. (usually) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment.

Questions about canalisations

What is canalisations the plural of?
Canalisations is the plural of canalisation.

Words near canalisations in the dictionary

  1. canalidine
  2. canaliferous
  3. canaliform
  4. canaling
  5. canalisation
  6. canalisations
  7. canalise
  8. canalised
  9. canalises
  10. canalising
  11. canalith

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