ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GANTRY
(Wooden platform for barrels): from Old French chantier, from Medieval Latin cantārius, changed from Latin canthērius supporting frame, pack ass; related to Greek kanthēlios pack ass.
WHAT DOES GANTRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of gantry in the English dictionary
The first definition of gantry in the dictionary is a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc. Other definition of gantry is Also called: gantry scaffold. the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad. Gantry is also a supporting framework for a barrel or cask.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GANTRY»
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gantry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gantry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Elmer Gantry is Nobel Prizewinning author Sinclair Lewis' most controversial book.
A vulgar and licentious college football captain becomes a messenger of God as a suave evangelist preacher.
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CT of the Head and Spine
After the slices have been positioned parallel to the orbitomeatal reference line,
the desired degree of gantry angulation is determined. The temporal lobe
projection is recommended for presumed brain-stem or cerebellar lesions. After
the ...
Norbert Hosten, Thomas Liebig, 2011
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MDCT: From Protocols to Practice
CT table can physically sustain weights of more than 205 kg (450 lbs),the
limitations are defined by how much weight the table motor can lift vertically and
the accuracy with which the table can horizontally move the patient into the
gantry.
Mannudeep K. Kalra, Sanjay Saini, Geoffrey D. Rubin, 2009
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MDCT Physics: The Basics - Technology, Image Quality and ...
Among them the key factors are the gantry rotation time, acquisition mode, type of
image reconstruction, and pitch. Gantry Rotation Time. Gantry rotation time is
defined as the amount of time required to complete one full rotation (360 degrees
) ...
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Design of Steel Structures
Gantry. Girders. 8.1 INTRODUCTION Gantry girders are examples of laterally
unsupported beams in industrial buildings. Overhead travelling cranes are used
in industrial buildings to lift and transport heavy jobs, machines, and so on, from
one ...
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Telescopic Hydraulic
Gantry Systems
"Telescopic Hydraulic Gantry Systems" is the first comprehensive handbook that addresses the use of hydraulic gantry systems for lifting in construction and industrial environments.
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Tomographic Methods in Nuclear Medicine: Physical ...
Gantry The gantry which is mounted rigidly on the floor, holds the camera head (
or heads) and provides specific rotation around the patient. The camera head
has a range of motion, inward to outward relative to the axis of rotation (AOR), ...
Bhagwat D. Ahluwalia, 1989
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Proton Radiotherapy Accelerators
8.2.1 Corkscrew Gantry In this gantry geometry, introduced by Enge and Koehler
(Sec. 4.1.4, Fig. 4.2(2)), the major bending occurs in the plane of rotation so that
these magnets do not sweep out a large volume of space as the gantry is rotated
...
Wioletta Wieszczycka, Waldemar Scharf, 2001
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Construction of Prestressed Concrete Structures
12.10 LAUNCHING GANTRY METHOD OF ERECTION This method involves the
use of a special erection or launching gantry, which may include means for
moving itself forward as portions of the bridge are completed. The launching
gantry is ...
Ben C. Gerwick, Jr., 1997
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GANTRY»
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gantry is used in the context of the following news items.
Tauranga port dredging work to start | Otago Daily Times Online …
Aside from buying two new tugs, the port company has announced the purchase of a further two super post Panamax gantry cranes, and the ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
Zacks: Analysts Give Consensus Rating of “Strong Buy” to …
The products include a range of electric, lever, hand and air-powered hoists, hoist trolleys, winches, industrial crane systems such as bridge, gantry and jib ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
A hero on the docks
... family members and the sons of the now late-Bill Schowalter, who had intentionally jumped from the terminal's gantry crane tracks that fateful ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
Pacific Games 2015: New Zealand and Fiji head for Olympic soccer …
On the commentary gantry again the question was how best to keep dry as the rain continued to fall. And the second question, what was wrong ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
Sri Lanka looks overseas for terminal partners
With the addition of the Colombo South Harbour in 2013, the port is now the only marine gateway in South Asia with the draft and gantry cranes ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
Expressway opens August 3
The electronic toll gantry will go live at this point. The new gantry on Route K will start operating at the same time. "If you're wanting to use either ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Extra $4.5m in funding to upgrade Mackay roads
"The project will include Mackay's first overhead gantry with electronic lane signals at the Greenfields intersection." A Queensland Department ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jul 15»
UPDATE: St Mary Cray station closed after woman scales signal …
St Mary Cray station was closed today (July 9) after a woman scaled a signal gantry and threatened to throw herself off. Emergency services were called to the ... «News Shopper, Jul 15»
Delays due to trespasser at St Mary Cray station
St Mary Cray station was closed today (July 9) after a woman scaled a signal gantry and threatened to throw herself off. Emergency services ... «News Shopper, Jul 15»
Veracruz, Lazaro Cardenas focus of major Mexican port investment
New container-handling equipment includes five super-post-Panamax ship-to-shore gantry cranes that can stretch across 23 containers and 17 ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
