channelization

English

Alternative forms

• channelisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

English channel

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ization

English channelization

From channel + -ization.

Noun

channelization (countable and uncountable, plural channelizations)

1. The straightening and widening of a stream or river.
   • 1998, Lloyd L. Adams, Wetlands Overview: Problems With Acreage Data Persist:

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

2. The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels.
   • 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.