a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
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an opening permitting passage through an enclosure.
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a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc.: the gates of the walled city; the palace gate.
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any means of access or entrance: The gate to stardom is talent.
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a mountain pass.
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any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a road or railroad crossing.
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a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
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a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve.
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Skiing.
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an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart.
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the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski.
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the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
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the total receipts from such admissions.
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Cell Biology. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
O.E. gæt (pl. geatu) "opening, passage," from P.Gmc. *gatan (cf. O.N., O.S., O.Fris., Du. gat "an opening"), of unknown origin. Meaning "money collected from selling tickets" dates from 1896. Gate-crasher is from 1927.
(a metal, wooden etc doorlike object which closes) the opening in a wall, fence etc through which people etc pass Example: I'll meet you at the park gate(s).
gatehardware A low-level digital logic component. Gates perform Booleanfunctions (e.g. AND, NOT), store bits of data (e.g. a flip-flop), and connect and disconnect various parts of the overall circuit to control the flow of data (tri-state buffer). In a CPU, the term applies particularly to the buffers that route data between the various functional units. Each gate allows data to flow from one unit to another or enables data from one output onto a certain bus. (1999-09-02)
Gate City, VA (town, FIPS 30496) Location: 36.63857 N, 82.58124 W Population (1990): 2214 (1021 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24251
South Gate Plaza, ID Zip code(s): 83501
South Gate Ridge, FL (CDP, FIPS 67450) Location: 27.28603 N, 82.49682 W Population (1990): 5924 (2592 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Gulf Gate Estates, FL (CDP, FIPS 28050) Location: 27.25910 N, 82.50685 W Population (1990): 11622 (6417 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Gate, OK (town, FIPS 28800) Location: 36.85187 N, 100.05539 W Population (1990): 159 (73 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73844
Golden Gate, IL (village, FIPS 30250) Location: 38.35864 N, 88.20553 W Population (1990): 71 (33 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62843
Ocean Gate, NJ (borough, FIPS 54450) Location: 39.92615 N, 74.13507 W Population (1990): 2078 (1052 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08740
Toll Gate, WV Zip code(s): 26415
South Gate, CA (city, FIPS 73080) Location: 33.94395 N, 118.19193 W Population (1990): 86284 (22946 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90280
Vails Gate, NY (CDP, FIPS 76584) Location: 41.45785 N, 74.05390 W Population (1990): 3014 (1334 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
South Gate, MD (CDP, FIPS 73550) Location: 39.12890 N, 76.62598 W Population (1990): 27564 (11116 housing units) Area: 16.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Golden Gate, FL (CDP, FIPS 26300) Location: 26.18308 N, 81.70388 W Population (1990): 14148 (6124 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Iron Gate, VA (town, FIPS 40024) Location: 37.79880 N, 79.79058 W Population (1990): 417 (201 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
West Gate, VA (CDP, FIPS 84424) Location: 38.78265 N, 77.49789 W Population (1990): 6565 (2395 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Tyler Run-Queens Gate, PA (CDP, FIPS 78116) Location: 39.93395 N, 76.69690 W Population (1990): 2739 (1311 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Al"gate\, Algates \Al"gates\, adv. [All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate.]1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. --Spenser. Note: Still used in the north of England in the sense of "everywhere." 2. By any or means; at all events. [Obs.] --Fairfax. 3. Notwithstanding; yet. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Gait\, n. [See Gate a way.]1. A going; a walk; a march; a way. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. --Shak. 2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. 'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. --Shak.
Gant"let\, n. [Gantlet is corrupted fr. gantlope; gantlope is for gatelope, Sw. gatlopp, orig., a running down a lane; gata street, lane + lopp course, career, akin to l["o]pa to run. See Gate a way, and Leap.] A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed. To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. --Palfrey. Note: Written also, but less properly, gauntlet.
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