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gantry
gan·try G0038400 (găn′trē)n. pl. gan·tries 1. A mount for a crane consisting of a large archlike or bridgelike frame that can be moved, often along a set of tracks.2. A structure spanning a railway or highway, as to support signs, scanners for the collection of tolls, or signals.3. A massive vertical frame structure used in assembling or servicing a rocket, especially at a launch site.4. A support for a barrel lying on its side.
[Middle English ganter, gauntre, wooden stand for barrels, from Old North French gantier, wooden frame, from Latin canthērius, from Greek kanthēlios, pack ass, from kanthēlia, panniers at the side of a pack-saddle.]gantry (ˈɡæntrɪ) or gauntryn, pl -tries1. (Mechanical Engineering) a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc2. (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: gantry scaffold the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad3. (Mechanical Engineering) a supporting framework for a barrel or cask4. a. the area behind a bar where bottles, esp spirit bottles mounted in optics, are kept for use or displayb. the range or quality of the spirits on view: this pub's got a good gantry. [C16 (in the sense: wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, changed from Latin canthērius supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek kanthēlios pack ass]gan•try (ˈgæn tri)
n., pl. -tries. 1. a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals. 2. any of various spanning frameworks, as a bridgelike portion of a crane. 3. a frame consisting of scaffolds on various levels used to erect vertically launched rockets and spacecraft. 4. a framelike stand for supporting a barrel or cask. [1325–75; Middle English gauntre < dial. Old French gantier wooden stand, variant of chantier < Medieval Latin cantārius < Latin canthērius < Greek kanthḗlios pack ass] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  gantry - a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.gauntryframework - a structure supporting or containing something |
Translationsgantry (ˈgӕntri) – plural ˈgantries – noun a bridge-like structure which supports a crane, railway signals etc. 起重龍門 龙门起重机架，桶架 gantry
gantry, gauntry1. a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc. 2. the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad 3. a supporting framework for a barrel or cask Gantry in engineering, a load-bearing Π-shaped structure consisting of two side posts, or legs, or four posts interconnected in pairs and a top girder or frame. It is a component of such machines as the gantry-type traveling crane or gantry machine tools. Gantries are used to maintain the working element of a machine or other assembly at a constant elevation. They may be fixed or may move along guide tracks or rails. gantry[′gan·trē] (engineering) A frame erected on side supports so as to span an area and support and hoist machinery and heavy materials. gantryA framework, usually of heavy timbers, to support building equipment or to provide a working platform.gantryA frame structure that spans over something, such as an elevated platform that runs astride a work area, supported by wheels on each side. The term is short for gantry crane or gantry scaffold.gantry
gan·try (gan'trē), A frame housing the x-ray tube, collimators, and detectors in a CT machine, with a large opening into which the patient is inserted; a mechanical support for mounting a device to be moved in a circular path. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. cantherius, wooden frame, fr. G. kanthēlia, pack saddle, fr. kanthos, pack ass] A device—sometimes huge—for rotating a radiotherapy delivery apparatus around the patient, to treat a cancer from different anglesgan·try (gan'trē) A frame housing the x-ray tube, collimators, and detectors in a CT machine, and linear accelerator with a large opening into which the patient is inserted; a mechanical support for mounting a device to be moved in a circular path. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. cantherius, wooden frame, fr. G. kanthēlia, pack saddle, fr. kanthos, pack ass]GantryA name for the couch or table used in a CT scan. The patient lies on the gantry while it slides into the x-ray scanner portion.Mentioned in: Computed Tomography Scansgantry
Related to gantry: Gantry craneSynonyms for gantrynoun a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around somethingSynonymsRelated Words |