canalization
/ˌkænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
canalization is the alternative spelling of canalisation.
Meaning of canalisation
Noun
canalisation (usually uncountable, plural canalisations)
- 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
- The management of something using defined channels of communication.
- The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment.
Forms of canalization
| plural | canalizations |
|---|
Origin of canalization
From canalize + -ation.
Words formed from canalization
Questions about canalization
- What is canalization the alternative spelling of?
- Canalization is the alternative spelling of canalisation.
- How do you pronounce canalization?
- Canalization is pronounced /ˌkænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/.
Words near canalization in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: canalization (page history and authors); canalisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canalization.wav.
Cite this entry: “canalization.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/canalization. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.