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Webster 1913 Edition


Gantry

Gan′try

,
Noun.
See
Gauntree
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Definition 2024


gantry

gantry

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Noun

gantry (plural gantries)

A gantry on the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida
  1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
  2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
  3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
  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.

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