CANALISATION

channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation

(noun) management through specified channels of communication

canalization, canalisation

(noun) the production of a canal or a conversion to canals

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

canalisation (usually uncountable, plural canalisations)

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

The management of something using defined channels of communication.

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

Source: Wiktionary



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14 March 2025

PARASITISM

(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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