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A doorlike structure outside a house.
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Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
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Movable barrier.
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The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed.
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A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
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The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
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Singh was bowled through the gate, a very disappointing way for a world-class batsman to get out.
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The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
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(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
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Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
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The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
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In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
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The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.
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The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
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A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
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A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.