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A gate or gateway is a point of entry to a space enclosed by walls, or a moderately sized opening in a fence. Gates may prevent or control entry or exit, or they may be merely decorative. Other terms for gate include yett and port. The word derives from the old Norse "gata", meaning road or path, and originally referred to the gap in the wall or fence, rather than the barrier which closed it.
A gate may have a latch to keep it from swinging and a lock for security. Larger gates can be used for a whole building, such as a castle or fortified town, or the actual doors that block entry through the gatehouse. Today, many gate doors are opened by an automated gate operator.
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Types of gates include:
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This gate does not prevent entry but clearly suggests a borderline
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A small but elegant gate to a meadow path
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Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence
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Richly decorated Balinese temple gate
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This gate at Columbia University was closed to prevent entry of protesters
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Malaysian King's Palace Gate, Kuala Lampur
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Medieval ironclad city gate, from the Upper Gate in the old town of Ohrid
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Chinese traditional type gate (iron gate in front of house) in Kerala, India
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Gates decorate routes in the entrance of Muscat, Oman
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Kuwait Gate, historically surrounded Kuwait City, built in 1929
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Royal Military College of Canada front gates and gatehouse
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- Bab (Gateway)
- Barrier
- Border
- Doorway
- Gatehouse
- Gate tower
- Gateway
- Gopuram
- Leave the gate as you found it
- Portcullis
- Threshold (disambiguation)
- Triumphal arch
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Track listing
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Personnel
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Cato
Cato may refer to:
Literature
Organizations
People
- Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, son of Cato the Elder by his first wife Licinia, jurist
- Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 118 BC, died in Africa in the same year
- Gaius Porcius Cato, son of Cato Licinianus, consul 114 BC
- Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus, son of Cato the Elder by his second wife Salonia, (born 154 BC, when his father had completed his eightieth year)
- Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger
- Cato the Younger "Cato of Utica" or "Cato Minor" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95 BC–46 BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, remembered for his lengthy conflict with Gaius Julius Caesar, and moral integrity
- Marcus Porcius Cato (II), son of Cato the Younger, fell at the Battle of Philippi, 42 BC
- Cato the Younger "Cato of Utica" or "Cato Minor" (Marcus Porcius Catō Uticēnsis 95 BC–46 BC), politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, remembered for his lengthy conflict with Gaius Julius Caesar, and moral integrity
- Lucius Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus, consul 89 BC, killed during the Social War (91–88 BC)
- Marcus Porcius Cato, son of Cato Salonianus and father of Cato the Younger
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Assisted takeoff is any system for helping aircraft into the air (as opposed to strictly under its own power). The reason it might be needed is due to the aircraft's weight exceeding the normal maximum takeoff weight, insufficient power, insufficient available runway length, or a combination of all three factors. Assisted takeoff is also required for gliders, which do not have an engine and are unable to take off by themselves.
Catapults (CATO)
A well-known type of assisted takeoff is an aircraft catapult. In modern systems fitted on aircraft carriers, a piston, known as a shuttle, is propelled down a long cylinder under steam pressure. The aircraft is attached to the shuttle using a tow bar or launch bar mounted to the nose landing gear (an older system used a steel cable called a catapult bridle; the forward ramps on older carrier bows were used to catch these cables), and is flung off the deck at about 15 knots above minimum flying speed, achieved by the catapult in a four second run.
Final
Final or The Final may refer to:
