gantry

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Noun

gantry (plural gantries)

1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
4. (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.

Translations

• French: portique
• German: Signalbrücke
• Italian: incastellatura
• Russian: сигна́льный мо́стик
• Spanish: andamio metálico, pórtico

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