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Definition of Gating
1. the process of opening and closing a channel [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gating
1. 1. In a biological membrane, the opening and closing of a channel, believed to be associated with changes in integral membrane proteins. 2. A process in which electrical signals are selected by a gate, which passes such signals only when the gate pulse is present to act as a control signal, or passes only the signals that have certain characteristics. See: gate. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gating
Literary usage of Gating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"We have analyzed the activation gating of mutant Shaker channels that do not
undergo N-type inactivation and have very slow C-type inactivation. ..."
2. Foundry Practice: A Text Book for Molders, Students and Apprentices by Reginald Heber Palmer (1911)
"The process of gating is as follows: A single master pattern is made with an
allowance, perhaps, for finishing. From this master pattern are made the ..."
3. General Foundry Practice: Being a Treatise on General Iron Founding, Job by William Roxburgh (1910)
"87t is illustrative of gating right down through the centre of a boss core, such
a method of gating is not, in the opinion of the writer, advisable with ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"There are but two reasons why punishment should be mitigated : gating punishment,
to put a quick end to this \ that your reasons are ..."
5. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1905)
"gating all the wood we can get of it and hope that our nurserymen will soon have
sufficient stock so that it can be put on the market at a reasonable figure ..."
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