 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
panel
noun
1: sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or
component of something
2: a committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: {jury}]
3: (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom
a jury will be chosen) [syn: {venire}]
4: a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan
or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
5: a pad placed under a saddle
6: (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical
user interface that appears in order to request
information from the user; after the information has been
provided the user dismisses the box with 'okay' or
'cancel' [syn: {dialog box}]
7: electrical device consisting of an insulated panel
containing switches and dials and meters for controlling
other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument
panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
[syn: {control panel}, {instrument panel}, {control board},
{board}]
verb
1: decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood"
2: select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: {empanel},
{impanel}]
[also: {panelling}, {panelled}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Panel \Pan"el\, noun [Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F.
panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall,
side. See 2d {Pane}.]
1. (Arch.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded
or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
2. (Law)
(a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the
names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
hence, more generally, the whole group of persons
summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to
be selected; also, the jury selected from that group.
--Blackstone.
(b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar
of a criminal court. --Burrill.
3. Hence: Any group of persons selected to judge a contest,
conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in
any group activity in which they will provide information
or make judgments.
[PJC]
4. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
5. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove
of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
6. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt.
7. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of
canvas, a picture is painted.
8. (Mining)
(a) A heap of dressed ore.
(b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size,
into which a mine is laid off in one system of
extracting coal.
9. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or
plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a
dress, for ornament.
10. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or
struts, as in a bridge truss.
11. (A["e]ronautics) A segment of an a["e]roplane wing. In a
biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the
next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
{Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms
have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers
by accomplices of the inmates.
{Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out
panels, etc.
{Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Panel \Pan"el\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Paneled}or {Panelled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Paneling} or {Panelling}.]
To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
{Paneled back} (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window
back. See {Window back}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "panel":
accessory, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, ball,
barrier, blue-ribbon jury, brattice, brawl, buffer, buffer state,
bulkhead, bumper, caucus, cloison, coat, coating, collision mat,
collop, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse,
congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation,
council, country, covering, cushion, cut, dance, date, deal,
defendant, diaphragm, diet, discussion group, disk, dissepiment,
divide, dividing line, dividing wall, division, eisteddfod,
fence off, fender, festivity, fete, feuille, film, flap, foil,
fold, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, grand jury,
housewarming, hung jury, impanel, impanel a jury, inquest,
interseptum, jury, jury list, jury of inquest, jury of matrons,
jury panel, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap,
leaf, levee, litigant, litigationist, litigator, mat, meet,
meeting, membrane, midriff, midsection, open forum, pad, pane,
paries, parties litigant, partition, party, party wall, patina,
peel, pellicle, petit jury, plaintiff, plait, plank, plate,
plating, plenum, ply, plywood, police jury, prom, property line,
quorum, rally, rasher, reception, rendezvous, round table,
safety glass, scum, seance, separate, separation, septulum, septum,
session, sessions, set apart, sheet, shindig, shock pad, sit-in,
sitting, skin, slab, slat, slice, soiree, special jury, suitor,
symposium, synod, table, tablet, trial jury, turnout, veneer,
venire, wafer, wall, wall off, witness
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