(Hong Kong, architecture) An architectural design feature to allow for concordance with the philosophy of feng shui, a portal that allows dragons to flow through structures, by leaving an empty hole through a building.

(biology) mechanically gated

A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.

Alternative form of sluice gate

plural of gated community

portal vein

(UK, universities, dated) To enter a college enclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted.

To occupy places of advantage, power, or defence.

(electronics) a logic gate performing a Boolean logic equivalence operation; an XNOR gate.

(electronics) a logic gate whose output is TRUE when the two inputs are different; a Boolean logic XOR gate.