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channelization

channelization noun: the straightening and widening of a stream or river.

Noun

channelization (countable and uncountable, plural channelizations)

  1. 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
  2. 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 channelization

pluralchannelizations
alternative formchannelisation

Origin of channelization

From channel + -ization.

Questions about channelization

What does channelization mean?
Channelization means the straightening and widening of a stream or river.
What part of speech is channelization?
Channelization is a noun.
What is the plural of channelization?
The plural of channelization is channelizations.

Words near channelization in the dictionary

  1. channelisations
  2. channelise
  3. channelised
  4. channelises
  5. channelising
  6. channelization
  7. channelizations
  8. channelize
  9. channelized
  10. channelizer
  11. channelizers

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