Noun

1. The reconstruction of a natural waterway so as to flow in a different path; canalization
2. The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels

Quotations

• 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 . . .

• 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