PANEL (panelled, panelling)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does panel mean? 

• PANEL (noun)
  The noun PANEL has 8 senses:

1. sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

2. a committee appointed to judge a competition

3. (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

4. a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

5. a soft pad placed under a saddle

6. a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

7. (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'

8. electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices

  Familiarity information: PANEL used as a noun is common.

• PANEL (verb)
  The verb PANEL has 2 senses:

1. decorate with panels

2. select from a list

  Familiarity information: PANEL used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

flat solid; sheet (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "panel"):

caisson; coffer; lacunar (an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome)

footboard (a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead)

headboard (a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead)

pane; paneling; panelling (a panel or section of panels in a wall or door)

wainscot; wainscoting; wainscotting (wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room)

dado; wainscot (panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall)

window (a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material)

Derivation:

panel (decorate with panels)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A committee appointed to judge a competition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

jury; panel

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

commission; committee (a special group delegated to consider some matter)

Derivation:

panel (select from a list)

panelist; panellist (a member of a panel)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

panel; venire

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

panelist; panellist (a member of a panel)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)

Meronyms (members of "panel"):

panelist; panellist (a member of a panel)

Derivation:

panel (select from a list)

panelist; panellist (a member of a panel)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A soft pad placed under a saddle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

pad (a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gore; panel

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Holonyms ("panel" is a part of...):

full skirt (a long skirt gathered at the waist)

gaiter (a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides)

umbrella (a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy)

Sense 7

Meaning:

(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'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dialog box; panel

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

window ((computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Holonyms ("panel" is a part of...):

graphical user interface; GUI (a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

board; control board; control panel; instrument panel; panel

Context example:

suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

Hypernyms ("panel" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Meronyms (parts of "panel"):

idiot light (a colored warning light on an instrument panel (as for low oil pressure))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "panel"):

dashboard; fascia (instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls)

• PANEL (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorate with panels

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

panel the walls with wood

Hypernyms (to "panel" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)

paneling; panelling (a panel or section of panels in a wall or door)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Select from a list

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

empanel; impanel; panel

Context example:

empanel prospective jurors

Hypernyms (to "panel" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

panel (a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc)

panel (a committee appointed to judge a competition)

 Context examples 

The researchers note that the biomarker panel would require further validation in larger, diverse populations before it could be used clinically.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

Based on the evidence presented, the panel writes a report summarizing the findings, which is made available to the public.

(Consensus Development Program, NCI Dictionary)

Example: blood chemistry panel, body mass index calculation, blood pressure measurement

(Defined Observation, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Nerves fit for sliding panels and tapestry?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The triple combination also proved effective in the lab against a panel of strains taken from 72 other clinical cases of MRSA.

(Antibiotic Combinations May Combat MRSA Infections, NIH)

The old hall, oak-panelled and high-windowed, had been turned into a court of investigation.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sunflowers, like solar panel arrays, follow the sun from east to west. The researchers tapped into information in the sunflower genome to understand how and why sunflowers track the sun.

(Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock, NSF)

The resource provides direction on appropriate techniques, strains or animal models to use in research protocols, maintains a pathogen-free environment, health surveillance, quarantine, full-panel testing and genetic monitoring for experimental animals.

(Laboratory Animal Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

It could refer to the temporal, or sequential relationship, or indicate that a test was performed to verify another test result, or designate that a test is a component of a test panel.

(Observation Result Relationship Comment, NCI Thesaurus)

Then I rose, removed my shoes, took my knife, and having opened the panel, slipped silently through.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)