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rotogate

rotogate noun: a turnstile with its height extended to the height of a person, similar to a revolving door.

rotogate: a turnstile with its height extended to the height of a person, similar to a revolving door
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Noun

rotogate (plural rotogates)

  1. A turnstile with its height extended to the height of a person, similar to a revolving door.
    • The entryway of the Armitage station is treated nicely with plants and a path to the exit rotogate.2005 February, Jing Su, “Reclaiming residual space from elevated transport infrastructure : time, space, and activity under the Chicago Brown Line”, in Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • This morning, the "rotogate," the pedestrian access which gives all of us walking access to our colleagues on the other side of the CEA fence, has become operational.2009 January 19, Iris Rona, “Celebrate the opening of the rotogate!”, in ITER

Forms of rotogate

pluralrotogates
alternative formroto-gate

Origin of rotogate

From roto- + gate.

Questions about rotogate

What does rotogate mean?
Rotogate means a turnstile with its height extended to the height of a person, similar to a revolving door.
What part of speech is rotogate?
Rotogate is a noun.
What is the plural of rotogate?
The plural of rotogate is rotogates.

Words near rotogate in the dictionary

  1. rotodynes
  2. rotoed
  3. rotoevaporation
  4. rotoevaporator
  5. rotoevaporators
  6. rotogate
  7. rotogates
  8. rotograph
  9. rotographed
  10. rotographing
  11. rotographs

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