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g8

/ɡeɪt/

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A doorlike structure outside a house.

Examples :

"The delivery person left the package just inside the g8, out of the rain. "

property architecture building

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Doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.

Examples :

"The dog ran through the g8 in the backyard fence and into the neighbor's yard. "

architecture building property place

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Movable barrier.

Examples :

"The gate in front of the railroad crossing went up after the train had passed."

property architecture

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A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.

Examples :

"The computer science student learned how to build a simple AND gate using transistors. "

electronics computing technology logic device technical machine system

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The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.

Examples :

"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.

Examples :

"The g8 from the Taylor Swift concert exceeded all expectations. "

entertainment business music sport economy finance

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(flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.

Examples :

"In the flow cytometry experiment, the G8 line clearly separated the healthy cells from the potentially cancerous ones on the dot plot. "

biology medicine technical

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Passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.

Examples :

""Our flight to Rome is boarding now at gate G8." "

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The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Examples :

"The technician carefully adjusted the g8 to control the flow of electricity in the circuit board. "

electronics device part technology

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In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.

Examples :

"The locksmith carefully filed the g8 in the new lock cylinder to ensure the bolt could move smoothly. "

part technical machine structure building

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The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate.

Examples :

"The molten steel flowed quickly through the g8 and into the casting mold, filling the empty space. "

material technical industry machine process

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The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.

Examples :

"After the metal casting cooled, the apprentice carefully removed the g8 from the mold, ready to be melted down and reused. "

material industry technical part

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A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.

Examples :

""Without a properly functioning g8, the movie projector showed blurry images because each frame wasn't held still long enough." "

technology entertainment media machine device

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A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.

Examples :

"After counting the votes, the teacher wrote four "g8" marks on the board, showing that 20 students voted for pizza for the class party. "

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Examples :

"I found a g8 to the hidden garden behind the old library. "

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Examples :

"After a long g8 through the mountains, we finally reached the village. "

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A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".

Examples :

"The Yorkshire dialect uses "g8" as a suffix to create street names, so a "Church g8" means a street leading to the church. "

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Examples :

"Watching her gait, I could tell she was confident and comfortable in her own skin. "