Definitions for gating

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gating gat·ing

Spelling: [gey-ting]

IPA: /ˈgeɪ tɪŋ/

Gating is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in gating (aggint).

Definitions for gating

noun

1. the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.
2. a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
3. an opening permitting passage through an enclosure.
4. a tower, architectural setting, etc., for defending or adorning such an opening or for providing a monumental entrance to a street, park, etc.:
5. any means of access or entrance:
6. a mountain pass.
7. any movable barrier, as at a tollbooth or a road or railroad crossing.
8. a gateway or passageway in a passenger terminal or pier that leads to a place for boarding a train, plane, or ship.
9. a sliding barrier for regulating the passage of water, steam, or the like, as in a dam or pipe; valve.
10. Skiing. an obstacle in a slalom race, consisting of two upright poles anchored in the snow a certain distance apart. the opening between these poles, through which a competitor in a slalom race must ski.
11. the total number of persons who pay for admission to an athletic contest, a performance, an exhibition, etc.
12. the total receipts from such admissions.
13. Cell Biology. a temporary channel in a cell membrane through which substances diffuse into or out of a cell.
14. Movies. film gate.
15. a sash or frame for a saw or gang of saws.
16. Metallurgy. Also called ingate. a channel or opening in a mold through which molten metal is poured into the mold cavity. the waste metal left in such a channel after hardening.
17. Electronics. a signal that makes an electronic circuit operative or inoperative either for a certain time interval or until another signal is received. Also called logic gate. a circuit with one output that is activated only by certain combinations of two or more inputs.

Idioms

1. get the gate, Slang. to be dismissed, sent away, or rejected.
2. give (someone) the gate, Slang. to reject (a person), as one's fiancé, lover, or friend. to dismiss from one's employ:

verb (used with object)

1. (at British universities) to punish by confining to the college grounds.
2. Electronics. to control the operation of (an electronic device) by means of a gate. to select the parts of (a wave signal) that are within a certain range of amplitude or within certain time intervals.

verb (used without object)

1. Metallurgy. to make or use a gate.

Origin of gating

gate¹ + -ing¹

Examples for gating

I am disposed to ask you to dispense the gating and the penalties for violating it.

Say, a thousand lines apiece, a week's gating, and a few things of that kind.

"Oh, no, sir," said Stalky cheerfully; for a week's gating in the summer term is serious.

The gating, however, did not last many weeks, and before long our friends were back at their old haunts again.

Every weaver had his own way of gating, and his own little tricks of weaving.

LSD affects the gating process—so much more information is sent to the cortex to be processed.

This corresponds to some extent with the English system of 'gating.'

Undoubtedly, commented Mr. Roylston, but I have had the unpleasant duty of gating you for a month.

Virgilll rot before I do his thousand lines or pay any attention to his gating.