metal gate

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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gate
noun[C]
uk
/ɡeɪt/us
/ɡeɪt/
a part of a fence or outside wall that is fixed at one side and opens and closes like a door, usually made of metal or ...
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Before this discovery, logic circuits used nanotubes, but needed metal gates to be able to control the flow of electrical current.
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Although some work had been carried out in 2006, including the fitting of new metal gates, it was not operational, and had not been used for around 40 years.
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Many of them were classified as improvised, and consisted of regular trains and wagons armored with metal gates, cement and sandbags; the soldiers called them mobile trenches.
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This resulted in a joke amongst students that it was designed by a prison architect because of the school's rather utilitarian exterior, metal gates, and few windows on ground level.
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The two sets of fans are divided/segregated by ametalgatein the stand.
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Simply because thanks to this solution, we can improve the strain capacity on the channel (by themetalgate).
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A nanofluidic field-effect transistor can be made of silica nanotubes with an oxide as the dielectric material between themetalgateelectrode and the channel.
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The beautiful manuelinemetalgatewas originally in the interior of the cathedral, but was moved to the galilee in the 18th century.
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The triangle still hangs in the prison at the centre where the wings meet on ametalgate.
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In the panic that ensued, a few people escaped by breaking ametalgateover one door.
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A positive charge is placed on the left face of the insulator (for example using ametalgateelectrode).
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N-channel,metalgateprocesses (in the 1970s) imposed a very high standard of cleanliness (absence of sodium) - difficult to achieve in that timeframe, resulting in high manufacturing costs.
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She also donated the 10-foot-tall metal gates that had graced the entryway at the front of the house.
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Metal gates at the river's in-flow and out-flow prevented underwater intruders, if one could hold one's breath to reach them.
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While attempting to reach them, he causes a set of metal gates to bend towards him, as though attracted by a magnetic force.
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Metallic gates are regaining popularity, since it is difficult to increase the speed of operation of transistors without metal gates.
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The new automatic crossings provide audible and visual warnings of an approaching train and a short time later close the metal gates.
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At the end of the market day, metal gates were pulled in front of the entrances.
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It begins with a set of metal gates that open up into a park where trees, flowers and a fountain sprout out of the ground.
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