gating

[gey-ting]

noun

1. the act or process of controlling the passage or pathway of something.

2. Cell Biology.,  the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.

3. Metallurgy.,  a system for casting metal involving a mold with a channel or opening into which the molten metal is poured.

4. Electronics.,  the process of controlling the operation of an electronic device by means of a gate, a signal that makes an electronic circuit operative or inoperative either for a certain time interval or until another signal is received.

5. (at British universities) a punishment in which a student is confined to the college grounds.

   The penalty for being out after hours will be gating for up to a month.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gating¹

First recorded in 1945–50; gat(e) ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“Our sense is that the concept of data being central is translating from a theory to practice as it becomes a bona fide gating factor to effective AI adoption,” he wrote.

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"We don't even know if their age gating is going to work," she said.

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“We estimate a potential for greater than $10 incremental earnings per share in the base case over the next three years, with capacity constraints the gating factor,” Zakaria wrote.

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The Betting and Gaming Council responded by saying that its members "take a zero tolerance approach to betting by children" and have introduced new age gating rules.

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In a new study published in Advanced Materials, the Argonne team proposed a new kind of "redox gating" technique that can control the movement of electrons in and out of a semiconducting material.

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