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Definition of Gauge

1. Verb. Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

2. Noun. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc..

3. Verb. Rub to a uniform size. "Gauge bricks"

4. Noun. Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared.

5. Verb. Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation. "Gauge the wine barrels"

6. Noun. The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train.

7. Verb. Measure precisely and against a standard. "The wire is gauged"

8. Noun. The thickness of wire.

9. Verb. Adapt to a specified measurement. "Gauge the instruments"

10. Noun. Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

11. Verb. Mix in specific proportions. "Gauge plaster"

Definition of Gauge

1. v. t. To measure or determine with a gauge.

2. n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.

Definition of Gauge

1. Noun. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard ¹

2. Noun. An act of measuring. ¹

3. Noun. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. ¹

4. Noun. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes. ¹

5. Noun. The distance between the rails of a railway. ¹

6. Noun. (context: mathematics analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To measure or determine usually with a gauge; to measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gauge

1. to measure precisely [v GAUGED, GAUGING, GAUGES]

Medical Definition of Gauge

1. 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. "This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by." (Moxon) "There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds." (I. Taylor) 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. "The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt." (Burke) 3. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. "The vanes nicely gauged on each side." (Derham) 4. Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 5. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 7. The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 8. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. "You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night." (Shak) 9. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. Gauge of a carriage, car, etc, the distance between the wheels; ordinarily called the track. Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. Gauge concussion, an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. Water gauge. A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. The height of the water in the boiler. Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. Origin: Written also gage. (20 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauge

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