channelize
verbEtymology From channel + -ize.
1
To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river.
2
To transmit through a channel.
3
To multiplex (messages) through a single line.
4
Rare To direct into a specific course or pathway; to channel.
- It is particularly confusing when the motorist is channelized across the highway centerline. For long-term closures conflicting pavement markings must be removed or obliterated before relaning the roadway.1978, US Department of Transportation, Traffic control for street and highway construction and maintenance operations:
- Derived terms
- channelizer