channelisation
channelisation is the alternative spelling of channelization.
Meaning of channelization
Noun
channelization (countable and uncountable, plural channelizations)
- The straightening and widening of a stream or river.
- Section 404 of the Clean Water Act does not regulate activities such as drainage, ditching, and channelization for agricultural production.1998, Lloyd L. Adams, Wetlands Overview: Problems With Acreage Data Persist
- The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels.
- The specific frequency bands are not consistent with the current design and channelization plans for the DSCS [Defense Satellite Communications System] III.1979, Radiofrequency use and management: impacts from the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979.
Forms of channelisation
| plural | channelisations |
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Origin of channelisation
From channel + -isation.
Questions about channelisation
- What is channelisation the alternative spelling of?
- Channelisation is the alternative spelling of channelization.
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