Panel

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I. noun

Etymology: Middle English, piece of cloth, jury list on a piece of parchment, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus
Date: 14th century
1.
- a.
  - (1) a schedule containing names of persons summoned as jurors
  - (2) the group of persons so summoned
  - (3) jury 1
- b.
  - (1) a group of persons selected for some service (as investigation or arbitration) <a panel of experts>
  - (2) a group of persons who discuss before an audience a topic of public interest; also panel discussion
  - (3) a group of entertainers or guests engaged as players in a quiz or guessing game on a radio or television program
2. a separate or distinct part of a surface: as
- a. a fence section ; hurdle
- b.
  - (1) a thin usually rectangular board set in a frame (as in a door)
  - (2) a usually sunken or raised section of a surface set off by a margin
  - (3) a flat usually rectangular piece of construction material (as plywood or precast masonry) made to form part of a surface
- c. a vertical section of fabric (as a gore)
- d. comic strip; also a frame of a comic strip
3. a thin flat piece of wood on which a picture is painted; also a painting on such a surface
4.
- a. a section of a switchboard
- b. a usually vertical mount for controls or dials (as of instruments of measurement)

II. transitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or -elling)