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channel

/ˈtʃænəl/

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noun

Lit, chenal

The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.

Examples :

"The water coming out of the waterwheel created a standing wave in the channel."

L'eau sortant de la roue à aubes a créé une onde stationnaire dans le chenal.

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Chenal, canal

The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.

Examples :

"A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city."

Un chenal a été dragué pour permettre aux navires océaniques d'atteindre la ville.

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Chenal, cheneau

The navigable part of a river.

Examples :

"We were careful to keep our boat in the channel."

Nous avons fait attention de garder notre bateau dans le chenal.

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noun

Chenal, détroit

A narrow body of water between two land masses.

Examples :

"The English Channel lies between France and England."

La Manche se trouve entre la France et l'Angleterre.

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Canal, voie

Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.

Examples :

"The news was conveyed to us by different channels."

Les informations nous ont été transmises par différents canaux.

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noun

Gouttière, cannelure

A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

Examples :

"The rain water flowed down the channel carved into the stone steps. "

L'eau de pluie s'écoulait dans la cannelure creusée dans les marches en pierre.

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noun

Canal, liaison

A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.

Examples :

"The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree."

Le garde-fou a fourni la liaison entre le fil tombé et l'arbre.

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Canal

The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.

Examples :

"The MOSFET transistor's channel allowed a small current to flow. "

Le canal du transistor MOSFET a permis à un petit courant de circuler.

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Canal, voie

(communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.

Examples :

"A channel stretches between them."

Un canal s'étend entre eux.

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Canal, voie

(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

Examples :

"We are using one of the 24 channels."

Nous utilisons l'un des 24 canaux.

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Canal, voie

(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.

Examples :

"The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs."

Le canal est créé en liant les signaux de ces quatre paires.

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Canal

(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.

Examples :

"Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line."

Leur appel est acheminé sur le canal 6 de la ligne T-1.

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Canal, fréquence

A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

Examples :

"KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle."

KNDD est la chaîne à 107,7 MHz à Seattle.

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Canal, fréquence

A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.

Examples :

"NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose."

NBC est sur le canal 11 à San José.

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Canal, piste

(storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.

Examples :

"This chip in this disk drive is the channel device."

Cette puce dans ce lecteur de disque est le dispositif de canal.

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Canal, voie

(technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.

Examples :

"The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel."

Le liquide est mis sous pression dans le canal latéral.

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noun

Canal de distribution

A distribution channel

Examples :

"The school uses a direct channel for distributing important announcements to parents. "

L'école utilise un canal de distribution direct pour diffuser les annonces importantes aux parents.

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Salon de discussion, canal

A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.

Examples :

"The tech support team uses a special channel on the IRC network to discuss computer problems. "

L'équipe d'assistance technique utilise un canal spécial sur le réseau IRC pour discuter des problèmes informatiques.

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Canal

An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.

Examples :

"The school newsletter used to be delivered via the old "channel" for announcements, but now uses a website for updates. "

Le bulletin d'information de l'école était autrefois diffusé via l'ancien «canal» pour les annonces, mais utilise désormais un site Web pour les mises à jour.

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Médium, canal

A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.

Examples :

"The channel claimed to be communicating with her deceased grandmother. "

Le médium a affirmé communiquer avec sa grand-mère décédée.

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verb

Canaliser, creuser un canal dans

To make or cut a channel or groove in.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully channeled the wood to create a smooth, even surface for the shelf. "

Le charpentier a soigneusement creusé un canal dans le bois pour créer une surface lisse et uniforme pour l'étagère.

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verb

Canaliser, diriger

To direct or guide along a desired course.

Examples :

"We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones."

Nous allons canaliser la circulation vers la gauche avec ces cônes.

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verb

Servir de médium pour

(of a spirit, as of a dead person) To serve as a medium for.

Examples :

"She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth."

Elle servait de médium pour l'esprit de son défunt mari, Seth.

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verb

Imiter, singer

To follow as a model, especially in a performance.

Examples :

"The young actor channeled his grandfather's energy in his performance of the play. "

Le jeune acteur a imité l'énergie de son grand-père dans sa performance de la pièce.

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Sabords, barres de bord

Examples :

"The sailboat's channel supported the shrouds, preventing the sails from dragging on the ship's railing. "

Les barres de bord du voilier soutenaient les haubans, empêchant les voiles de traîner sur le bastingage du navire.

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