gantry
IPA: gˈæntri
noun
- 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.
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Examples of "gantry" in Sentences
- It is similar to a gantry crane.
- Sometimes a gantry crane is fitted.
- Nice guy but a bit of an Elmer Gantry.
- It is also home to the commentary gantry.
- Alongside the plant level will be a gantry.
- The broadcasting gantry is situated in the roof of this stand.
- The Television gantry is situated in the middle of the terrace.
- A travelling crane on an overhead gantry was used to handle these.
- A gantry for television cameras is located on the roof of this stand.
- In contrast, the Elmer Gantry of the original book is an unalloyed villain.
- Proposals for an open-road "gantry" tolling system on I-80 are due Monday, for example.
- Those who look up will see the first highway-speed electronic toll gantry in the D.C. region.
- For this scenario, Siplace offers short-term gantry rentals for up to four months, which can be renewed if necessary.
- At 8 p.m., teams swung open the 13-story rotating gantry at launch pad 39A to expose Discovery for fueling and flight Thursday.
- "gantry" is applied to the movable scaffold or frame, which in this case rests upon a pair of rails twenty-three feet apart, one of them being close to the edge of the quay.
- A difference with the Spaceport's installation will be the addition of a mobile gantry, which is to be employed for payload integration with the Soyuz erected in its vertical position.
- Nearby, the Chinese-built deepwater port, with its neat angles, spanking-new gantry cranes, and other cargo-handling equipment, appeared charged with expectation, even as the complex stood silent and empty against the horizon, waiting for decisions from Islamabad.
- A further contributing factor is the fact that port equipment such as gantry cranes and straddle carriers, are not readily available in the market and most of the equipment is manufactured overseas on order and therefore generally has a long lead time (20 to 24 months).