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ingate

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in⋅gate

  [in-geyt]
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–noun Metallurgy.
gate 1 (def. 15).
Origin:
1855–60; in + gate 1
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gate

1  [geyt] noun, verb, gat⋅ed, gat⋅ing.
–noun
1. a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
2. an opening permitting passage through an enclosure.
3. 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.
4. any means of access or entrance: The gate to stardom is talent.
5. a mountain pass.
6. any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a road or railroad crossing.
7. a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
8. a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve.
9. Skiing.
a. an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart.
b. the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski.
10. the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
11. the total receipts from such admissions.
12. Cell Biology. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
13. Movies. film gate.
14. a sash or frame for a saw or gang of saws.
15. Metallurgy.
a. Also called ingate. a channel or opening in a mold through which molten metal is poured into the mold cavity.
b. the waste metal left in such a channel after hardening.
16. Electronics.
a. a signal that makes an electronic circuit operative or inoperative either for a certain time interval or until another signal is received.
b. Also called logic gate. a circuit with one output that is activated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs.
–verb (used with object)
17. (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.
18. Electronics.
a. to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate.
b. to select the parts of (a wave signal) that are within a certain range of amplitude or within certain time intervals.
–verb (used without object)
19. Metallurgy. to make or use a gate.
—Idioms
20. get the gate, Slang. to be dismissed, sent away, or rejected.
21. give (someone) the gate, Slang.
a. to reject (a person), as one's fiancé, lover, or friend.
b. to dismiss from one's employ: They gave him the gate because he was caught stealing.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME gat, gate, OE geat (pl. gatu); c. LG, D gat hole, breach; cf. gate 2
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Word Origin & History

gate 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2gate
Function: vt
Inflected Forms: gat·ed; gat·ing
: to control passage through a cell membrane by way of (aspecific channel) by supplying a specific stimulus gated by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine> —see LIGAND-GATED VOLTAGE-GATED
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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