Definitions for gauge
gauge
gauge
Spelling: [geyj]
IPA: /geɪdʒ/
Gauge is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 23 anagrams from letters in gauge (aeggu).
Definitions for gauge
noun
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a standard of measure or measurement.
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a standard dimension, size, or quantity.
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any device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, especially for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy:
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a means of estimating or judging; criterion; test.
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extent; scope; capacity:
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Ordnance. a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound:
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Railroads. the distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track, usually 4 feet 8.5 inches (1.4 meters) (standard gauge) but sometimes more (broad gauge) and sometimes less (narrow gauge)
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the distance between a pair of wheels on an axle.
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the thickness or diameter of various, usually thin, objects, as the thickness of sheet metal or the diameter of a wire or screw.
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the fineness of a knitted fabric as expressed in loops per every 1.5 inches (3.8 cm):
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Nautical. the position of one vessel as being to the windward (weather gauge) or to the leeward (lee gauge) of another vessel on an approximately parallel course.
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Building Trades. the portion of the length of a slate, tile, etc., left exposed when laid in place.
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the amount of plaster of Paris mixed with mortar or common plaster to hasten the set.
verb (used with object)
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to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
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to appraise, estimate, or judge.
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to make conformable to a standard.
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to mark or measure off; delineate.
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to prepare or mix (plaster) with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar.
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to chip or rub (bricks or stones) to a uniform size or shape.
Origin of gauge
1375-1425; late Middle English Old North French (French jauge) Germanic
Examples for gauge
It took the entire day, but the slow pace indicated that it was probably a test to gauge public reaction.
I was trying cautiously to gauge him, to get from him all the information I could.
To gauge his level of truthfulness, I asked, “So, you wouldn't mind if I included your donor identification number in the story?”
But it is not every man that can gauge the value of a working mine so well as John Kenyon.'
So, he approached his nomadic friends to gauge their interest in the collaboration.
Nevertheless, he has liberated a force that no gauge made by man can measure.
The only gauge of normality that young people have is their observation of each other.
The gauge is a narrow one, so that the locomotive can be made of small dimensions.
When a soldier is hit by an IED the gauge records the event.
The battery was exhausted, but this fact had not been indicated on the gauge.