"canalisation" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From canalise + -ation.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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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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        "The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal."
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          "canal",
          "canal"
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        "The management of something using defined channels of communication."
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          "communication",
          "communication"
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        "The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment."
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        "(genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment."
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      "ipa": "/ˌkænələˈzeɪʃən/"
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    "canalisation"
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    {
      "word": "decanalisation"
    },
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      "word": "recanalisation"
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