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Basic meaning
Originally, derived from an Old English word gat meaning a hole or opening, a gate is an opening in a wall or fence fitted with a moveable barrier allowing it to be closed. A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by Walls or an opening in a Fence. Derived immediately from this, the word can refer to:
- At an airport, a specified location for boarding or leaving an aircraft in an airport. A Gate in Aviation is a section at an Airport terminal for transferring Passengers and airline crews to an Aircraft.
- In engineering generally, a movable structure used to control the flow of fluid in a pipe or channel
- On a canal, the watertight door that seals off a chamber of a lock
- In foundry or casting work, a channel which carries molten metal into a mold
- In the sport of rowing, a hinged bar which can be locked over the top of a rowlock to prevent the oar from coming out. In Engineering, a gate is a rotating or sliding structure supported by hinges or by a rotating horizontal or vertical axis that can be located at an extreme of A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal Waterways. A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal Waterways. A foundry is a Factory which produces Metal Castings from either Ferrous or non-ferrous alloys Casting is a manufacturing process by which a liquid material is (usually poured into a mold which WikipediaManual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English --> Molds (or GB coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at Henley Royal Regatta 2004 A rowlock (British or oarlock (US is a Brace that attaches an Oar to a boat. An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion. Oars have a flat blade at one end
In high technology, by analogy (either from the basic meaning of a closeable opening, or from the engineering extension of it), come the following:
- An opening in the front of a motion picture camera
- A set of limits for data from a cytometer
- A terminal of a field effect transistor
- A logic gate, a functional building block in digital logic such as and, or, or not
- A noise gate, a high-quality audio squelch control for reducing background noise
- A range gate, the area encompassed by one pixel of radar data
As a suffix
Also derived from the basic meaning above, the suffix "-gate" can refer to:
- A part of a city in England near the historic location of a gate in the city walls, such as Aldgate or Moorgate in London
- In the word watergate, a gate across a water channel leading to a river, through which boats can pass only when the gate is opened. High tech is Technology that is at the cutting edge —the most advanced technology currently available The film gate is the rectangular opening in the front of a Motion picture camera where the film is exposed to light A gate in cytometry is a set of value limits (boundaries that serve to isolate a specific group of cytometric events from a large set The field-effect transistor (FET is a type of Transistor that relies on an Electric field to control the shape and hence the conductivity of a 'channel' A logic gate performs a logical operation on one or more logic inputs and produces a single logic output In Logic and/or Mathematics, logical conjunction or and is a two-place Logical operation that results in a value of true if both of In Logic and Mathematics, negation or not is an operation on Logical values for example the logical value of a Proposition A Noise Gate or gate is an Electronic device or Software logic that is used to control the volume of an audio signal In Telecommunications, squelch is a circuit function that acts to suppress the audio (or Video) Output of a receiver in Aldgate was the easternmost gateway through London Wall leading from the City of London to Whitechapel and the East End. Moorgate was a Postern in the London Wall originally built by the Romans London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
- By imitation, alluding to the Watergate scandal, a public scandal associated with any name (to which the suffix "-gate" is attached); for example Baftagate and Monicagate. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Lewinsky scandal was a political Sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a then (See also List of scandals with "-gate" suffix). The Suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s which resulted in the resignation of U
Derived from another (Old English) word gat meaning "street" or "road", "-gate" in street names in England often denotes a Roman road; for example, Bishopgate in York. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
Media and entertainment
- The Gate an entertainment centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- The Gate, a novel by Natsume Sōseki
- The Gate (film), a 1987 horror movie starring Stephen Dorff
- "The Gate", the third track on the album Light & Shade by Mike Oldfield
- Gate (Mega Man), a Reploid doctor in the video game Mega Man X6
- Gåte, a Norwegian rock, metal, and folk band
- Gate of Alchemy in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga
See also
- the acronym GATE
- Gating (punishment)
- Gate Petroleum - A southeast U. The Gate is a retail and leisure complex in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland is a Japanese Novel written in 1910 by Natsume Sōseki, author of I Am a Cat. was the Pen name of, who is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji Era (1868-1912 The Gate is a 1987 horror movie starring Stephen Dorff and directed by Tibor Takács. Light + Shade is a two- disc album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician Mega Man X6 (ロックマンX6 Rockman X6) is the sixth main game in the Mega Man X series by Capcom, and is the first to not be A Reploid, or in the original Japanese games from the Science fiction Video game series Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero Mega Man X6 (ロックマンX6 Rockman X6) is the sixth main game in the Mega Man X series by Capcom, and is the first to not be This article is about the Norwegian band Gåte for the two self-titled EPs by the same band see Gåte EP and Gåte EP (2002 Gåte commonly abbreviated as FMA or Hagaren, is an ongoing Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. commonly abbreviated as FMA or Hagaren, is an ongoing Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name A gate is a point of entry to a space enclosed by Walls or an opening in a Fence. Gating is a type of punishment similar to a detention used typically at educational institutions especially Boarding schools. Gate Petroleum is a privately held diversified corporation headquartered in Jacksonville Florida. S. gas station franchise founded in Jacksonville, Florida
- Báb, which means "Gate" and is the title taken by the founder of Bábism
- General Architecture for Text Engineering, a human language processing system
- Gating system, a term used in casting