gating

English

Verb

gating

1. present participle and gerund of gate

Noun

gating (countable and uncountable, plural gatings)

1. An arrangement of gates.
2. The selective regulation or restriction of access to something.
   • 1954, Canadian Patent Office Record:

     […] said tumblers having gatings adapted for alignment so as to allow the outer pin to move entirely out of said cylinder groove as the inner pin moves into said tumbler gatings whereby to release said key plug for rotation.

3. (electronics, signal processing) The control of the flow of signals based on certain conditions or criteria.
4. (Oxbridge slang, dated or historical) A punishment whereby a student is prohibited from leaving the college grounds.
   • 1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night:

     You’ll get off with a fine or a gating I suppose; but we have to be more particular.

Derived terms

• age-gating
• alleygating
• autogating
• misgating
• photogating
• sensory gating
• spectral gating

Anagrams

• anti-GG