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1.nounA doorlike structure outside a house.
2.nounDoorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
3.nounMovable barrier."The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed."
4.nounA logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
5.nounThe 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."
6.nounThe amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
7.noun(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
8.nounPassageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
9.nounThe controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
10.nounIn a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
11.nounThe channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
12.nounThe waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
13.nounA mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
14.nounA tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
15.verbTo keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
16.verbTo punish, especially a child or teenager, by not allowing them to go out.
17.verbTo open a closed ion channel.
18.verbTo furnish with a gate.
19.verbTo turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.