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gateway | x |

As a noun gateway

is (senseid)an entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.

As a verb gateway

is to make available via a gateway, or access point.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

gateway

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)An entrance capable of being blocked by use of a gate.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway , […].}}
  • Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another.
  • A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines.
  • (digital communications) In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
  • Derived terms

    * gateway drug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make available via a gateway, or access point.
  • Anagrams

    * *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----