gates

A doorlike structure outside a house.

Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

Movable barrier.

“The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.”

A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.

“Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.”

The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.

(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.

Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.

The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.

A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.

A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.

To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.

To punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.

To open a closed ion channel.

To furnish with a gate.

To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.

A way, path.

A journey.

A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".

Manner; gait.