Gantry vs Scaffolding - What's the difference?
gantry | scaffolding |
A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
A supporting framework for a barrel.
A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
(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.
A temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.
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As nouns the difference between gantry and scaffolding
is that gantry is a framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something while scaffolding is a temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.gantry
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Alternative forms
* gauntree, gauntry, gawntree (archaic)Noun
(gantries)Derived terms
* gantry crane * gantry scaffoldscaffolding
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