ゲート
Meanings
1
Commonly used for airport boarding gates, station ticket gates, and entrance gates at venues.
The boarding gate opens 30 minutes before departure.
Please insert your ticket at the station ticket gate.
2
logic gate
Technical term in computing and electronics for a basic logic circuit element.
An AND gate outputs 1 only when both inputs are 1.
3
Rare standalone use; usually seen in compound terms like 論理ゲート. Essentially synonymous with sense 2.
This circuit is composed of multiple logic gates.
Usage patterns
- ゲートを通るto pass through a gate
The passengers passed through the gate toward the plane.
- ゲートが閉まるthe gate closes
The gate closed ten minutes before departure.
- 〈数〉番ゲートgate number ...
The next flight departs from gate 25.