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canalization|ˌkænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən, kəˌnælɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. canalize + -ation; or a. mod.F. canalisation.]
1. A furnishing with canals; the cutting of a canal through (an isthmus, etc.), the making (a river, etc.) into a canal; the construction of canals.
1844Blackw. Mag. LVI. 193 A plan of canalization for the Hellenic kingdom. 1858Times 26 Nov. 7/3 The canalization of the Isthmus [of Suez] ..may well cause hesitation. 1880Law Reports, 13 Chanc. Div. 4 The canalisation of the rapids.
2. Phys. and Pathol. The formation of a canal or canals in the living organism: see also quot. 1881.
1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 203 Canalisation of the embolus..leading to the permeability of the obstructed part. 1881Syd. Soc. Lex., Canalisation, the conversion of a vessel, especially a vein, into a rigid tube. Also, the boring through a structure, as of the prostate gland.
3. transf. A furnishing with (underground) ducts or channels for the conveyance of cables, etc.
1889Daily News 7 Oct. 3/1 This is what Mr. Crompton, borrowing a French expression, calls his system of under-surface ‘canalization’.
4. fig.
1929Atlantic Monthly Sept. 387/1 He [sc. William James] went on to say that the ‘canalization of pity was an engineering feat’. 1950Brit. Birds XLIII. 344 On the West Coast a ‘canalisation’ of Gannets from various stations. |