panel

(păn'əl)
n.

1. A flat, usually rectangular piece forming a raised, recessed, or framed part of the surface in which it is set.
2. The space or section in a fence or railing between two posts.
3. A vertical section of fabric; a gore.
4. 1. A thin wooden board, used as a surface for an oil painting.
   2. A painting on such a board.
5. 1. A board having switches or buttons to control an electric device.
   2. An instrument panel.
6. A section of a telephone switchboard.
7. A cartoon drawing in a sequence of cartoons that form a narrative.
8. Law.
   1. The complete list of persons summoned for jury duty.
   2. Those persons selected from this list to compose a jury.
   3. A jury.
9. 1. A group of people gathered to plan or discuss an issue, judge a contest, or act as a team on a radio or television quiz program.
   2. A discussion by such a group.

tr.v., -eled, or -elled, -el·ing, or -el·ling, -els, or -els.

1. To cover or furnish with panels.
2. To decorate with panels.
3. To separate into panels.
4. Law. To select or impanel (a jury).

[Middle English, piece of cloth, from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus, cloth.]

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has inflected forms panelled, panelling, and in American English also paneled, paneling.

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A group of sockets used to manually connect incoming and outgoing lines together in communications and electronic systems. Using short patch cables, one end is plugged into an "in" line and the other end to an "out" line. Wireless patch panels are also available that provide the cross connections by flipping a switch rather than plugging in wires. See wiring rack and patch cable.

Rack Mounted Patch Panels

Patch panels come small and large. In large datacenters such as this one, patch panels are often rack mounted. Not remarkably high tech, they are simply used to manually connect one line to another.

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1. Sample taken from a list or group of people for testing purposes; also known as test panel. A test panel might be used to evaluate a direct-mail package, an offer a new or improved product, or other aspect of a marketing plan relative to the existing standard (control) package, offer, or product and so forth. See also key code.

2. Group of people brought together to discuss or offer opinions, such as a television talk-show panel. A market-research panel discussion would most likely be concerned with a product or a promotion, such as a panel of consumers doing a taste test or offering their opinion on a new commercial.

3. Outdoor advertising media vehicle, such as a billboard.

4. Faces of a folded brochure or mailing piece.

1. A large, relatively thin board or sheet of lumber, plywood, or other material used as a wall covering.
2. A thin board, plywood sheet, or similar material with all its edges inserted in a groove of a surrounding frame of thick material.
3. A portion of a flat surface recessed or sunk below the surrounding area, distinctly set off by molding or some other decorative device.
4. A section of floor, wall, ceiling, or roof, usually prefabricated and of large size, handled as a single unit in the operations of assembly and erection.
5. A length of formed metal sheet, or an assembly of such sheets, usually with insulation between, as used for wall enclosure on industrial-type buildings.
6. A frog.
7. That portion of a truss between adjacent panel points lying in the same chord. 8. Same as panelboard.

panel, 7; panel point

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A list of jurors to serve in a particular court or for the trial of a designated action. A group of judges of a lesser number than the entire court convened to decide a case, such as when a nine-member appellate court divides into three, three-member groups, and each group hears and decides cases. A plan in reference to prepaid legal services.

The term open-panel legal services refers to a plan in which legal services are paid for in advance, usually by insurance, but in which members can select their own lawyers. Under a closed panel, all legal services are rendered by a group of attorneys previously chosen by the insurer, the union, or another entity.

IN BRIEF: A flat section or part of a wall, door, or ceiling., either raised above or sunk below the surfaces around it. Also: A group of persons gathered together to discuss a topic.

The members of the panel represented a diverse cross-section of the community.

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i. A subdivision of a parachute gore.



ii. A section of a stressed-skin structure bounded by strengthening on the ribs.
iii. A mount or stack of instruments, control devices, or warning lights in an aircraft cockpit.



Instrument panel.
iv. A small door in an aircraft skin used as an access panel. See access panel.

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For a list of words related to panel, see:

• Building and Machine Parts - panel: flat piece of wood fitted into larger surface area
• Body Parts and Accessories - panel: section of auto body
• Parts of Rooms - panel: flat, rectangular, distinct section of wall
• Curtains, Draperies, and Screens - panel: flat wall section used as partition to divide room

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - panel
v. tr. - panelere

idioms:

• panel beater    bilmekaniker
• panel game    udplyndring

Nederlands (Dutch)
beoordelings- commissie, panel, paneel, schakelbord, beklaagde (n), jury, lijst van beschikbare juryleden, lijst van ziekenfondsartsen (Brits), lambriseren

Français (French)
n. - commission, comité, (TV, Radio) invités, jury, (Archit, Constr) panneau, (Aut, Tech) panneau, tableau, (Jur) liste des (jurés)
v. tr. - recouvrir (qch) de panneaux

idioms:

• panel beater    tôlier
• panel game    (Radio) jeu radiophonique, (TV) jeu télévisé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Tafel, Paneel, Ausschuß, Diskussionsrunde, Schalttafel, (Armaturen)brett
v. - täfeln

idioms:

• panel beater    Autospengler
• panel game    Ratespiel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιτροπή κριτών, ομάδα συμμετεχόντων σε ραδιοφωνικό/τηλεοπτικό παιχνίδι, συζήτηση κ.λπ., ένορκοι, (μηχαν.) διάφραγμα, τύμπανο, φάτνωμα (κν. ταμπλάς), φύλλο, πίνακας ελέγχου, πίνακας οργάνων, ταμπλό, κατάλογος (ονομάτων), (ενδυμ.) (οριζόντια) φάσα, φύλλο ή βολάν
v. - (οικοδ.) χωρίζω (τοίχο) σε τετράγωνα

idioms:

• panel beater    επιδιορθωτής λαμαρινών, φανοποιός
• panel game    τηλεοπτικό παιχνίδι

Italiano (Italian)
pannello, pannellare, giuria

idioms:

• panel beater    fabbro ferraio
• panel game    quiz televisivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - painel (m), sela (f), júri (m), console (m)
v. - apainelar, revestir

idioms:

• panel beater    chapeiro
• panel game    jogo de opiniões

Русский (Russian)
панель, комиссия, комитет, жюри

idioms:

• panel beater    рихтовщик
• panel game    викторина

Español (Spanish)
n. - jurado, panel, grupo de asesores, tribunal examinador, tablero, cuadro
v. tr. - revestir con paneles de madera, artesonar, dividir en paños

idioms:

• panel beater    chapista
• panel game    concurso por equipos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - panel, fält, spegel, pannå, instrumentbräda, expertgrupp, jury
v. - indela i rutor (fält)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嵌板, 座谈小组, 仪表板, 嵌镶板

idioms:

• panel beater    板金加工者
• panel game    电视台或电台的小组猜谜节目, 小组竞赛猜谜节目

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 嵌板, 座談小組, 儀錶板
v. tr. - 嵌鑲板

idioms:

• panel beater    板金加工者
• panel game    電視臺或電臺的小組猜謎節目, 小組競賽猜謎節目

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 판벽널, 위원회, 형사 피고
v. tr. - 머름을 끼우다, 끼워 넣다, 배심원을 선정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鏡板, パネル, 線板, 画板, パネル画, 健康保険医名簿, 陪審員名簿, 羊皮紙, パネル調査, 解答者団, 計器板
v. - 鏡板をはめる, 雑色の縦縞で飾る, 選ぶ

idioms:

• panel beater    板金工
• panel game    クイズ番組

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لوح, لوحه, فريق, تشهياة, جدول المحلفين (فعل) يختار, يشهل, يزود أو يزين بألواح أو نحوها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לוח, ציפוי מלוחות-עץ, קבוצת אנשים המשתתפת בשידור, בוויכוח וכו', לוח-בקרה, צוות, צוות מושבעים, חתיכת בד, תמונה מוארכת, רצועה, רשימה, ספין - ציפוי מעץ (או חומר אחר) לקיר, ספן‬
v. tr. - ‮קישט בפנלים‬

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