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panel

1. Law

a. a list of persons summoned for jury service

b. the persons on a specific jury

2. Scots law a person indicted or accused of crime after appearing in court

3. 

a. a thin board used as a surface or backing for an oil painting

b. a painting done on such a surface

4. any picture with a length much greater than its breadth

5. See instrument panel

6. formerly, in Britain

a. a list of patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme

b. a list of medical practitioners within a given area available for consultation by these patients

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panel [′pan·əl]

(civil engineering)

One of the divisions of a lattice girder.

A sheet of material held in a frame.

A distinct, usually rectangular, raised or sunken part of a construction surface or a material.

(computer science)

The face of the console, which is normally equipped with lights, switches, and buttons to control the machine, correct errors, determine the status of the various CPU (central processing unit) parts, and determine and revise the contents of various locations. Also known as control panel; patch panel.

(design engineering)

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(engineering)

A metallic or nonmetallic sheet on which operating controls and dials of an electronic unit or other equipment are mounted.

(mining engineering)

A system of coal extraction in which the ground is laid off in separate districts or panels, pillars of extra-large size being left between.

A large rectangular block or pillar of coal.