CANALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canalization mean? 

• CANALIZATION (noun)
  The noun CANALIZATION has 2 senses:

1. the production of a canal or a conversion to canals

2. management through specified channels of communication

  Familiarity information: CANALIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The production of a canal or a conversion to canals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

canalisation; canalization

Hypernyms ("canalization" is a kind of...):

production (the act or process of producing something)

Derivation:

canal; canalize (provide (a city) with a canal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Management through specified channels of communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

canalisation; canalization; channelisation; channelization

Hypernyms ("canalization" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)