channelization

English

Alternative forms

• channelisation

Etymology

channel +‎ -ization

Noun

channelization (countable and uncountable, plural channelizations)

1. The straightening and widening of a stream or river.
   • 1998, Lloyd L. Adams, Wetlands Overview: Problems With Acreage Data Persist:

     Section 404 of the Clean Water Act does not regulate activities such as drainage, ditching, and channelization for agricultural production.

2. The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels.
   • 1979, Radiofrequency use and management: impacts from the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979.

     The specific frequency bands are not consistent with the current design and channelization plans for the DSCS [Defense Satellite Communications System] III.