Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subchannel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: sub-chan-nel
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A distinct division of a channel or frequency band.

noun

An additional frequency owned by a television broadcaster used for less lucrative content.

noun

A distinct part of an I/O channel associated with a specific device.

Example Sentences

"[…] TV shows you watched when you were younger, you'll likely find them on the subchannels of your local TV stations — which are available free to anyone with a TV set and a good antenna."
"It may well be that our viewers are going to say, "You know what? We don't care as much about 10801. We would rather have you rerun 'CBS News' on a subchannel and show your prime time entertainment in a lesser definition of digital television" […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English channel English subchannel From sub- + channel.

Inflected Forms

subchannels (plural)

Questions

What does subchannel mean?: A distinct division of a channel or frequency band.
Where does subchannel come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English channel English subchannel From sub- + channel.

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