A canal can be a work of engineering that makes navigation possible.
The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) presents more than twenty meanings of canal , a term whose etymological root is found in the Latin word canālis .
The idea of a canal can be linked to the channel built by man to conduct or use water . The deepest sector that allows entry to a port and the roads in general through which a fluid can circulate is also called a channel.
Canal as a work of engineering
A canal, therefore, can be an engineering work that makes navigation possible by opening a channel. So-called navigation canals can be built in an ocean, a river, a lagoon or other bodies of water .
An example of these canals is the Panama Canal , which links the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean Sea . Thanks to a system of locks, boats can be raised to an artificial lake called Gatún . Another well-known artificial canal is the Suez Canal , which links the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt .
An irrigation channel is called, on the other hand, one that allows water to be directed from a catchment area to a land where it is used for irrigating crops. It is important that these canals are carefully constructed to avoid damage to the environment .
Television channels are stations that have daily programming.
a bone tunnel
In addition to everything indicated, we cannot ignore the existence of what is known as the part channel . This is the term used to refer to a curved bone tunnel that a woman has and which becomes especially important during pregnancy. And it will be through it that the fetus will have to pass in order to come into the world.
This canal is made up of three different parts: the upper strait, which is the upper part and the first part that the fetus passes through before being born; the middle strait and the lower strait. The latter is made up of the exit that will allow the baby to go outside.
Channel in communications
In the field of communications , a channel can be the conduit that allows the circulation of a message .
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of what is known as a channel within the field of television . That term refers to a station that is responsible for transmitting audio and video to television receivers. All over the world there are channels of this type that broadcast daily programming that includes everything from news programs to television series, movies, entertainment programs and sports broadcasts.
Within the field of communications, there are also radio channels . They are stations that broadcast a wide variety of content daily through the radio waves. Of course, there are specialized radio channels. By this we mean that they revolve around topics such as religion, that they only broadcast music, that they are intended for sports, that they deal with economics...