Canalisation

Pronunciation

• IPA: \ËŒkænÉ™ləˈzeɪʃən\

Alternative forms

• canalization

Origin

canalise + -ation

Full definition of canalisation

Noun

1. The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
• 1857, w, The Gates of the East: Ten Chapters on the Isthmus of Suez Canal, The whole of the soil of the isthmus is admirably adapted for the labours of canalisation.
2. The management of something using defined channels of communication.
3. (genetics) The ability of a genotype to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment.----