panel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   I checked the instrument panel.

2. 2
   verb

   select from a list

   empanel prospective jurors

3. 3
   verb

   decorate with panels

   panel the walls with wood

4. 4
   noun

   A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

   Behind the picture was a panel on the wall.

5. 5
   noun

   A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

   Today’s panel includes John Smith.

6. 6
   noun

   An individual frame or drawing in a comic.

   The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.

7. 7
   noun

   A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.

   admin panel

8. 8
   noun

   A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.

   To this end the sheriff returns his compulsive process , the writ of habeas corpora, or distringas , with the panel of jurors annexed, to the judge's officer in court.

Etymology

From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.