canalizing
Guiding into channels
Canalizing is directing something along a particular path or into a specific channel.
Water can be canalized through irrigation ditches; energy or resources can be canalized toward a goal.
In biology, canalization refers to developmental processes that produce consistent outcomes despite genetic or environmental variation: Evolution has canalized certain traits so they develop reliably.
Directing flow or energy
- guidingLeading toward destination
- directingOverseeing a production
- steeringControlling direction of movement
- focusingConcentrating on one point
shaping · funneling · constraining · narrowing · concentrating · restricting · limiting · confining
Extracting underwater sediment
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- sluiceGated water conduit
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
drainage · flume · diversion · embankment · levee · dam · floodgate · culvert
Related to growth stages
- geneticRelating to heredity
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- robustnessResistance to failure
epigenetic · homeostasis · pathways · selection · traits · evolution · stabilizing · constraints
channeling
Directing flow or energy
- guidingLeading toward destination
- directingOverseeing a production
- steeringControlling direction of movement
focusing · shaping · funneling · constraining · narrowing · concentrating · restricting · limiting · confining · streamlining
dredging
Extracting underwater sediment
irrigation · drainage · flume · diversion · embankment · levee · dam · floodgate · culvert · ditch
developmental
Related to growth stages
- geneticRelating to heredity
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
robustness · epigenetic · homeostasis · pathways · selection · traits · evolution · stabilizing · constraints · plasticity
canalizingdispersing
Spreading widely apart
scattering · liberating · freeing · releasing · diffusing
canalizingdiverging
Separating from a common point
branching · radiating · ramifying · diversifying · fanning out
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