"canalisation" meaning in English

See canalisation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkænələˈzeɪʃən/ Forms: canalisations [plural], canalization [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English canal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ise English canalise 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 canalisation From canalise + -ation. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|canalise|-ation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English canal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ise English canalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. 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Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ise English canalise 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 canalisation From canalise + -ation. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} canalisation (usually uncountable, plural canalisations)
  1. The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  2. The management of something using defined channels of communication. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  3. (genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment. Tags: uncountable, usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decanalisation, recanalisation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish canal\nProto-Indo-European *-id-\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-idyéti\nProto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.\nLate Latin -izōder.\nMiddle French -iserbor.\nMiddle English -isen\nEnglish -ise\nEnglish canalise\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Indo-European *-Hō\nProto-Indo-European *-tiHō\nProto-Italic *-tiō\nLatin -tiō\nLatin -ātiōlbor.\nOld French -ationbor.\nMiddle English -acioun\nEnglish -ation\nEnglish canalisation\nFrom canalise + -ation.",
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    {
      "form": "canalisations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "canalization",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            [
              77,
              89
            ]
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          "ref": "1857, Charles Lamb Kenney, The Gates of the East: Ten Chapters on the Isthmus of Suez Canal, page 18:",
          "text": "The whole of the soil of the isthmus is admirably adapted for the labours of canalisation.",
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          "river",
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          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
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        "(genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkænələˈzeɪʃən/"
    }
  ],
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}

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