channelizationn.

Brit.

/ˌtʃanl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌtʃænəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– channelization, 1900s– channelisation.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: channelize v., -ation suffix.

Etymology: < channelize v. + -ation suffix. Compare earlier canalization n.

1. The alteration of the course of a river or other waterway so as to form straight channels, typically in order to improve the flow of water, protect against flooding, etc. Now chiefly North American.

ΚΠ

1862 Local Acts: Rep. Admiralty Nene Valley Drainage Bill 3 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 61–(50)) LII. 147 The works sanctioned were the diverting, straightening, widening, deepening, and embanking the channel of the river between Peterborough and the county boundary..; in short, the channelization of the river.

1913 Minnesota Engineer 21 109 On the Great Lakes one hundred million dollars have been spent on ship locks, river channelization and harbor improvements.

1977 Audubon May 142/2 Existing structures in the floodplain, such as Sky Harbor International Airport, could be fortified with dikes and channelization.

1981 Area 13 43 The ease with channelisation can be accomplished with standard farm equipment in small streams suggests that the example reported here is not unique.

2003 Canad. Geographic May 48/2 Channelization and drainage practices have greatly reduced the land's capacity to withstand and recover from drought.

2012 D. McCool River Republic vi. 139 While the lower Mississippi needed only channelization, the upper Mississippi would have to be dammed, locked and dredged its entire length.

a. The action of conveying or guiding through, or as through, a channel; the action of channel v. 2a.

ΚΠ

1892 Music Jan. 370 The very definiteness of harmonic law, as manifested in the mode of music, blinds the human eye to its fine channelization of the spirit of beauty.

1927 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 133 171/2 The ultimate solution of traffic accidents at street intersections is the elimination of disorderly movements and the channelization of traffic.

1958 A. D. Booth in Aspects of Transl. v. 90 Young professional linguists whose ideas had not, through channelization, been so stultified as to make them incapable of appreciating the new techniques.

1989 Music Technol. Oct. 18/3 It accepts MIDI data and performs various real-time permutations including chord generation, transposition, and channelization.

2009 N. J. Garber & L. E. Hoel Traffic & Highway Engin. (ed. 4) vii. 267 Channelization involves the provision of facilities such as pavement markings and traffic islands.

b. Psychology. The direction or focusing of emotion, instinctual impulses, etc., in such a way as to cause a particular form of behaviour, thought, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > [noun] > channelization

channelization1902

1902 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 13 405 The problem is how to give normal emotional channelization, the safety valve of this biological heredity.

1941 Sociometry 4 412 We would seem to have forced him into a relapse. What is actually taking place is a channelization of his fears.

1988 B. Shalit Psychol. Confl. & Combat xi. 186 Such an understanding is also essential if we are to reduce the danger of holocausts of wars, and it can form the basis for successful channelization of aggressive behaviour.

2008 Internat. Jrnl. Confl. Managem. 19 369 The bias towards research on negative emotions..has been more pronounced than the positive or functional channelization of emotions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	channelization
释义	channelizationn. Brit. /ˌtʃanl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌtʃænəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– channelization, 1900s– channelisation. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: channelize v., -ation suffix. Etymology: < channelize v. + -ation suffix. Compare earlier canalization n. 1. The alteration of the course of a river or other waterway so as to form straight channels, typically in order to improve the flow of water, protect against flooding, etc. Now chiefly North American. ΚΠ 1862 Local Acts: Rep. Admiralty Nene Valley Drainage Bill 3 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 61–(50)) LII. 147 The works sanctioned were the diverting, straightening, widening, deepening, and embanking the channel of the river between Peterborough and the county boundary..; in short, the channelization of the river. 1913 Minnesota Engineer 21 109 On the Great Lakes one hundred million dollars have been spent on ship locks, river channelization and harbor improvements. 1977 Audubon May 142/2 Existing structures in the floodplain, such as Sky Harbor International Airport, could be fortified with dikes and channelization. 1981 Area 13 43 The ease with channelisation can be accomplished with standard farm equipment in small streams suggests that the example reported here is not unique. 2003 Canad. Geographic May 48/2 Channelization and drainage practices have greatly reduced the land's capacity to withstand and recover from drought. 2012 D. McCool River Republic vi. 139 While the lower Mississippi needed only channelization, the upper Mississippi would have to be dammed, locked and dredged its entire length. 2. a. The action of conveying or guiding through, or as through, a channel; the action of channel v. 2a. ΚΠ 1892 Music Jan. 370 The very definiteness of harmonic law, as manifested in the mode of music, blinds the human eye to its fine channelization of the spirit of beauty. 1927 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 133 171/2 The ultimate solution of traffic accidents at street intersections is the elimination of disorderly movements and the channelization of traffic. 1958 A. D. Booth in Aspects of Transl. v. 90 Young professional linguists whose ideas had not, through channelization, been so stultified as to make them incapable of appreciating the new techniques. 1989 Music Technol. Oct. 18/3 It accepts MIDI data and performs various real-time permutations including chord generation, transposition, and channelization. 2009 N. J. Garber & L. E. Hoel Traffic & Highway Engin. (ed. 4) vii. 267 Channelization involves the provision of facilities such as pavement markings and traffic islands. b. Psychology. The direction or focusing of emotion, instinctual impulses, etc., in such a way as to cause a particular form of behaviour, thought, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > [noun] > channelization channelization1902 1902 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 13 405 The problem is how to give normal emotional channelization, the safety valve of this biological heredity. 1941 Sociometry 4 412 We would seem to have forced him into a relapse. What is actually taking place is a channelization of his fears. 1988 B. Shalit Psychol. Confl. & Combat xi. 186 Such an understanding is also essential if we are to reduce the danger of holocausts of wars, and it can form the basis for successful channelization of aggressive behaviour. 2008 Internat. Jrnl. Confl. Managem. 19 369 The bias towards research on negative emotions..has been more pronounced than the positive or functional channelization of emotions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1862
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