gating

[ gey-ting ]

noun

1. the act or process of controlling the passage or pathway of something.
2. Cell Biology. the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.
3. Metallurgy. a system for casting metal involving a mold with a channel or opening into which the molten metal is poured.
4. Electronics. the process of controlling the operation of an electronic device by means of a gate, a signal that makes an electronic circuit operative or inoperative either for a certain time interval or until another signal is received.
5. (at British universities) a punishment in which a student is confined to the college grounds:

   The penalty for being out after hours will be gating for up to a month.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gating¹

First recorded in 1945–50; gat(e) ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

LSD affects the gating process—so much more information is sent to the cortex to be processed.

From The Daily Beast

Virgilll rot before I do his thousand lines or pay any attention to his gating.

From Project Gutenberg

I am disposed to ask you to dispense the gating and the penalties for violating it.

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This corresponds to some extent with the English system of 'gating.'

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Say, a thousand lines apiece, a week's gating, and a few things of that kind.

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Every weaver had his own way of gating, and his own little tricks of weaving.

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