Gantry

Quick meaning: Gantry is a noun meaning A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

Meaning

A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

More Meanings

1. A supporting framework for a barrel.
2. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
3. (Singapore, by extension) A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
4. (medical imaging) A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.

Example Sentences

In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.

Word Forms

• gantries

Synonyms for gantry

Depending on context, synonyms include gauntry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gauntry, pier, bridging, gallows, gangway, scaffolding.

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