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Webster 1913 Edition

Gantry

Gan′try

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Noun.

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Definition 2024

gantry

gantry

English

Alternative forms

gauntree, gauntry, gawntree (archaic)

Noun

gantry ‎(plural gantries)

A gantry on the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida

A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
A supporting framework for a barrel.
A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
(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.

Derived terms

Translations

framework of steel bars bridging over something

Bulgarian: портал (bg) m ‎(portal)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龍門架, 龙门架 ‎(lóngménjià), 跨軌信號架, 跨轨信号架 ‎(kuāguǐ xìnhàojià)
Dutch: portaal (nl) n
Finnish: ristikkopalkki (general); portaali (fi) (supporting traffic signs)
French: portique (fr)
German: Signalbrücke f

Italian: incastellatura (it) f
Japanese:
Polish: stelaż (pl) m
Russian: сигна́льный мо́стик m ‎(signálʹnyj móstik), порта́л (ru) m ‎(portál)
Scottish Gaelic: sorch m
Spanish: andamio metalico m
Turkish: makas köprüsü

supporting framework for a barrel

Finnish: kehikko

Scottish Gaelic: sorch m

gantry scaffold — see gantry scaffold