gating

[ gey-ting ]

/ ˈgeɪ tɪŋ /

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noun Cell Biology.

the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.

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Origin of gating

gate¹ + -ing¹

Words nearby gating

gather, gathering, Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Gathic, Gatineau, gating, Gatlinburg, Gatling, Gatling gun, gator, Gatorade

How to use gating in a sentence

LSD affects the gating process—so much more information is sent to the cortex to be processed.
Is Tripping on Acid to Blame for Angus T. Jones’s Meltdown?|Marlow Stern|November 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Virgilll rot before I do his thousand lines or pay any attention to his gating.
Deering of Deal|Latta Griswold
I am disposed to ask you to dispense the gating and the penalties for violating it.
Deering of Deal|Latta Griswold
This corresponds to some extent with the English system of 'gating.'
Greifenstein|F. Marion Crawford

Say, a thousand lines apiece, a week's gating, and a few things of that kind.
Stalky & Co.|Rudyard Kipling
Every weaver had his own way of gating, and his own little tricks of weaving.
In the Days of the Guild|Louise Lamprey

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