gantry

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gantry (plural gantries)

1. (rail transport) A framework of steel bars on side supports to bridge over or around something.
2. (astronautics) A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
3. (medical imaging) A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D-imaging.

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