gate

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A gate.
See also -gate

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old Norse gata (“‘path, road’”) (whence Danish gade (“‘street’”)[1]) or (Verification for this etymology is sought): from Old English geat, from Proto-Germanic *gata (“hole” or “anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *g̑ʰed- (“‘to defecate’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
gate

Plural
gates

gate (plural gates)

  1. A door-like structure outside a house.
  2. Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
  3. Movable barrier.
    The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
  4. (computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand etc.
  5. (cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
  6. The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
  7. (flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
  8. (Northern England) A street; used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street

[edit] Synonyms

(computing): logic gate

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

door-like structure outside
doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall
movable barrier
computing: logical pathway
cricket: gap between a batsman the bat and his pad
money made by selling tickets for an event
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to gate

Third person singular
gates

Simple past
gated

Past participle
gated

Present participle
gating

to gate (third-person singular simple present gates, present participle gating, simple past and past participle gated)

  1. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
  2. To ground someone.

[edit] References

  • Notes:
  1. ^ “gade” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog: eng. gate (laant fra nordisk) - English gate (loaned from Old Norse)

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

gate

  1. street (a paved part of road, usually in a village or a town)


This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at street. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see gate in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009

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