Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gate
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a barrier, usu. hinged, used to close an opening made for entrance and exit through a wall, fence, etc. 2 such an opening, esp. in the wall of a city, enclosure, or large building. 3 a means of entrance or exit. 4 a numbered place of access to aircraft at an airport. 5 a mountain pass. 6 an arrangement of slots into which the gear lever of a motor vehicle moves to engage the required gear. 7 a device for holding the frame of a cine film momentarily in position behind the lens of a camera or projector. 8 a an electrical signal that causes or controls the passage of other signals. b an electrical circuit with an output which depends on the combination of several inputs. 9 a device regulating the passage of water in a lock etc. 10 a the number of people entering by payment at the gates of a sports ground etc. b (in full gate-money) the proceeds taken for admission. 11 sl. the mouth. 12 US sl. dismissal. 13 = starting-gate. --v.tr. 1 Brit. confine to college or school entirely or after certain hours. 2 (as gated adj.) (of a road) having a gate or gates to control the movement of traffic or animals. Etymology: OE g{aelig}t, geat, pl. gatu, f. Gmc 2. n. (prec. or prefixed by a name) Brit. a street (Westgate). Etymology: ME f. ON gata, f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English geat; akin to Old Norse gat opening Date: before 12th century an opening in a wall or fence, a city or castle entrance often with defensive structures (as towers), 3. the frame or door that closes a ~, a movable barrier (as at a grade crossing), 4. a means of entrance or exit, starting ~, an area (as at a railroad station or an airport) for departure or arrival, a space between two markers through which a competitor must pass in the course of a slalom race, 5. a door, valve, or other device for controlling the passage especially of a fluid, b. an electronic switch that allows or prevents the flow of current in a circuit, an electrode in a field-effect transistor that modulates the current flowing through the transistor according to the voltage applied to the electrode, a device (as in a computer) that outputs a signal when specified input conditions are met , a molecule or part of a molecule that acts (as by a change in conformation) in response to a stimulus to permit or block passage (as of ions) through a cell membrane, dismissal , the total admission receipts or the number of spectators (as at a sports event), II. transitive verb (~d; gating) Date: 1835 to punish by confinement to a campus or dormitory, to supply with a ~, to control by means of a ~, III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse gata road; akin to Old High German gazza road Date: 13th century way, path, method, style ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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