Gauge

/ˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
2. An act of measuring.
3. An estimate.
4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
6. (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
7. (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
8. (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

Example Sentences

1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.

It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.

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.

I'm talking about cocking a gauge in between your eyes.

I'm tryin to find ways to cope / But I ain't fuckin' round with the gauge or a rope

It happens everyday don't make me grab the gauge / Dangerously I play, I best to kill with the gauge / And put ya body in the back of that grey Chevrolet

Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]

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• gauges
• gage
• gauging
• gauged

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