gantry

English

Noun

gantry (plural gantries)

A gantry on the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida

1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
3. (astronautics) A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
4. (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.

Translations

framework of steel bars bridging over sthg

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 龍門架, simpl. 龙门架, trad. 跨貴信號架, simpl. 跨轨信号杆 Dutch: portaal (nl) n. Finnish: ristikkopalkki (fi) (general); portaali (fi) (supporting traffic signs) French: portique (fr)

German: Signalbrücke (de) f. Italian: incastellatura (it) f. Japanese: please add this translation if you can Russian: сигнальный мостик (ru) (signál’nyj móstik) m., портал (ru) (portál) m. Scottish Gaelic: sorch (gd) m. Spanish: puente transversal (es) m.

supporting framework for a barrel

Finnish: kehikko (fi)

Scottish Gaelic: sorch (gd) m.

astronautics — see gantry scaffold