Main Entry:

¹pan·el

Pronunciation:

\ˈpa-n^əl\

Function:

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 program2: 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 strip3: a thin flat piece of wood on which a picture is painted ; also : a painting on such a surface4 a: a section of a switchboard b: a usually vertical mount for controls or dials (as of instruments of measurement)