gates

Meaning

plural of gate

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡeɪts/

New

gate

1. A doorlike structure outside a house.
2. A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
3. A movable barrier.
4. A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
5. A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
6. The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
7. A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
8. The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
9. In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
10. The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
11. The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
12. The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
13. A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
14. A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
15. A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
16. An individual theme park as part of a larger resort complex with multiple parks.
17. (slang) A place where drugs are illegally sold.

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