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a threshold pretending to be furniture, deciding who passes and who waits.
means An opening, structure, or point of entry that controls or provides access from one space, network, or state to another.
from A compound of plain old English bones: 'gate,' from Old English 'geat' (an opening in a wall or fence), plus 'way,' from Old English 'weg' (a road or path), itself a cousin of Latin 'via' and the root of 'vehicle' and 'wagon.' So a gateway is literally the 'gate-road' — the way that runs through the opening. The figurative senses (a gateway drug, a gateway to success, a network gateway) all lean on the same image: a hinged threshold standing between where you are and where you might go.
- drug myth
- gateway drug theory has weak scientific backing
- computing
- a gateway translates between two different networks
- the arch
- St. Louis Gateway Arch stands 630 feet tall
- etymology
- literally the way through a gate
- biology
- cells use gateway channels to control ion flow
gateway arch — 630-foot stainless steel monument in st. louis, completed 1965
gateway of india — 1924 stone arch in mumbai built to commemorate british king's visit
brandenburger tor — 18th-century neoclassical gate in berlin, symbol of german reunification