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Panel

noun

1.

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

2.

A committee appointed to judge a competition. Synonym: jury.

3.

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

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'. Synonym: dialog box.

8.

Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices. Synonyms: board, control board, control panel, instrument panel. "Suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"

verb

(past & past part. paneled or panelled; pres. part. paneling or panelling)

1.

Decorate with panels.

2.

Select from a list. Synonyms: empanel, impanel.

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"Panel" Quotes from Famous Books

... These, I ascertained later, were the dormitories, or sleeping-cells, and were placed side by side in a row opening on the terrace at the back of the house. Having reached the door of my box, my conductor pushed back the sliding-panel, and when I had groped my way to the dark interior, closed it again behind me. There was no light for me except the light of the stars; for directly opposite the door by which I had entered stood another, ...

— A Crystal Age • W. H. Hudson

... soul, retrieving her chewing gum from the panel of the door where she had placed it to facilitate ...

— The Man with Two Left Feet - and Other Stories • P. G. Wodehouse

... scarcely cut to the pattern of to-day. His summing up on Muir began thus - the reader must supply for himself "the growling, blacksmith's voice" and the broad Scotch accent: "Now this is the question for consideration - Is the panel guilty of sedition, or is he not? Now, before this can be answered, two things must be attended to that require no proof: FIRST, that the British constitution is the best that ever was since the creation of the world, and it is not possible to make it better." It's a pretty fair start, is it not, ...

— Virginibus Puerisque • Robert Louis Stevenson

... that I wonder it did not wake people sleeping in other parts of the house. It seemed to come either from the door between No. 1 and 2, or from between that door and the fireplace. To me it sounded like a kind of treble rap on a hollow panel, but far louder than any one could rap with their knuckles. My wife described it as the sound of some one whose gown had caught the lid of a heavy coal-scuttle and let it fall. This noise was not repeated, and by a treble rap I mean the sound was like an arpeggio chord. ...

— The Alleged Haunting of B---- House • Various

... shoulder against the Greek letter brand which was burnt in the panel, pushed the door open and stepped into the room ...

— Mystery Ranch • Arthur Chapman

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