Definition of: panel

(pan′əl) noun
1. A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame, as in a door, or sunken below it, as a window pane; hence, any such piece, even if raised above the general plane.
2. A bordered member to which the effect of framing is given by moldings or by working away material from the solid plane.
3. One or more pieces of a different fabric and color inserted lengthwise in the skirt of a woman's dress.
4. A tablet of wood, used as the surface for an oil painting; also, the picture on such a tablet.
5. A picture very long for its width, in a simple frame, or with no frame at all.
6. A size of photograph longer than it is wide, usually about 8 1/2 × 4 inches.
7. A face on a hewn stone.
8. A section of a book cover having a framed effect; also, a subdivision of the back of a bound book, between two bands.
9. Law The official list of persons summoned for jury duty; the body of persons composing a jury.
10. Aeron. a One of the construction units forming the wing surface of an airplane. b The unit of fabric of which the outer covering of a balloon or the canopy of a parachute is made.
11. An upright board of insulating material sustaining the controlling devices of an electric circuit.
12. An array of dials, gages, and instruments for the operation of an aircraft, automobile, or other complex apparatus.
13. A small group of persons assembled for judging, discussion, etc.
—v.t. ·eled or ·elled, ·el·ing or ·el·ling
1. To fit, furnish, or adorn with panels.
2. To divide into panels.
3. Scot. Law To indict. [<OF panel a piece of cloth <Med. L panellus, dim. of L pannus a cloth]