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canal

noun
/kəˈnæl/CA/kəˈnɔːl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel.

  1. derived from 𒄀𒈾
  2. derived from 𒄀
  3. derived from κάννα
  4. derived from canālis
  5. derived from canal
  6. borrowed from canal

Definitions

  1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or…

    An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

  2. A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.

    • The fossilised jaw of T. trusleri has a huge canal running through it and that’s believed to have carried all the nerve and related tissue needed for the sense of electroception.

  3. One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of…

    One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage

      • In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded.

    2. To travel along a canal by boat

      • Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.

    3. A surname.

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Derived

alar canal, alimentary canal, auditory canal, birth canal, C&D Canal, canalage, canal basin, canal boat, canal bridge, canal coal, Canal Foot, canalicule, canaliferous, canaliform, canalise, canalize, canaller, canalman, canal of Hering, canal of Nuck, canal of Schlemm, canalogram, canalography, canalolith, canalolithiasis, canaloplasty, canalotomy, canalside, Canal Street, carpal canal, central canal, cervical canal, cloud canal, Corinth Canal, ear canal, external auditory canal, femoral canal, food canal, Gaertner's canal, Gartner's canal · +31 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at canal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at canal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at canal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA