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Definition of Canalisation

1. Noun. The production of a canal or a conversion to canals.

2. Noun. Management through specified channels of communication.

Definition of Canalisation

1. Noun. The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal. ¹

2. Noun. The management of something using defined channels of communication. ¹

3. Noun. (genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canalisation

canalis opticus canalis palatinus major canalis pterygoideus canalis pudendalis canalis pyloricus canalis radicis dentis canalis reuniens canalis sacralis canalis spiralis cochleae canalis spiralis modioli

canalis vertebralis canalis vomerorostralis canalisation (current term) canalisations canalise canalised canalises canalising canalizable canalization

canalizations canalize canalized canalizes canalizing canalled canaller

Literary usage of Canalisation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1890)
"A. Oelwein * discusses the effect of the canalisation of the Moselle on the ... The canalisation would induce these latter districts to smelt minette ores. ..."

2. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"The canalisation of the different waterways between the islands forming the Zee- land archipelago comes under the same head. Among the more important may be ..."

3. Central America, the West Indies and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Henry Walter Bates (1885)
"The Projected Scheme of Inter-Oceanic canalisation. The treaty concluded between Colombia and the United States, in 1869, secured to the latter power the ..."

4. River and Canal Engineering: The Characteristics of Open Flowing Streams by Edward Skelton Bellasis (1913)
"... VI [I THE TRAINING AND canalisation OF RIVERS 1. Preliminary Remarks.—When a stream is trained or regularised it ..."

5. Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: Wanderings Around the Birth-place of the by James Hamilton (1857)
"... canalisation of the Desert—Abbas Pasha—His Avarice—An' Apologue—Sea Canal. May 2,2nd.'—OUR bargain was soon made with the Sheich of the Korosko road, ..."

6. The Bombay Quarterly Review (1857)
"British Interests in the canalisation of the Isthmus of Suez. Glasgow : R. Rae; 1856. 5. Communications ivith the Far East. ..."

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