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Channelization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The straightening and widening of a stream or river. countable, uncountable

    "Section 404 of the Clean Water Act does not regulate activities such as drainage, ditching, and channelization for agricultural production."

  2. 2
    management through specified channels of communication wordnet
  3. 3
    The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels. countable, uncountable

    "1979, Radiofrequency use and management: impacts from the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979. The specific frequency bands are not consistent with the current design and channelization plans for the DSCS [Defense Satellite Communications System] III."

Etymology

From channel + -ization.

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