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gantry

/ˈɡæntɹi/

gantry noun: a framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

gantry: a framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something
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Noun

gantry (plural gantries)

  1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
  2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
  3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
  4. (Singapore, broadly) A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
  5. (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.
    • In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.2015 August, Dominik Guggisberg et al., “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal, volume 47, Elsevier, →DOI, pages 118–127

gantry meaning in Tamil

gantry in Tamil

அடியமைப்பு, கஞ்சங்குல்லை, கஞ்சம், கஞ்சா

Forms of gantry

pluralgantries
alternative form (archaic)gauntree
alternative form (archaic)gauntry
alternative form (archaic)gawntree

Plural of gantry: gantries

Origin of gantry

From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).

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Questions about gantry

What does gantry mean?
Gantry means a framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
What is gantry in Tamil?
Gantry in Tamil is அடியமைப்பு, கஞ்சங்குல்லை, கஞ்சம். See Gantry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gantry?
Gantry is a noun.
How do you pronounce gantry?
Gantry is pronounced /ˈɡæntɹi/.
What is the plural of gantry?
The plural of gantry is gantries.

Words near gantry in the dictionary

  1. gantong
  2. gantongs
  3. gantons
  4. gantried
  5. gantries
  6. gantry
  7. gantry crane
  8. gantry cranes
  9. gantry scaffold
  10. gantry scaffolds
  11. gantryless

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