GAUGE
\ɡˈe͡ɪd͡ʒ], \ɡˈeɪdʒ], \ɡ_ˈeɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of GAUGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
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a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
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the thickness of wire
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the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
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mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
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adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"
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measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
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determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"
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rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
By Princeton University
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accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To measure or determine with a gauge.
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To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
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To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
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To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
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To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
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A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
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Measure; dimensions; estimate.
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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.
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The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
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The distance between the rails of a railway.
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The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To measure or determine with a gauge.
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To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.
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To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.
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To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.
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To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
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A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
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Measure; dimensions; estimate.
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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.
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The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
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The distance between the rails of a railway.
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The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
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To measure; estimate.
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An instrument for measuring capacity or dimensions; a standard.
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Same as GAGE, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To measure or to ascertain the contents of; to ascertain the capacity of, as a pipe, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, tierce, keg, etc.: to measure in respect to proportion, capability, or power, or in respect to character or behavior; to take cognizance of the capacity, capability, or power of; to appraise; to estimate; as, I gauged his character very accurately. "The vanes nicely gauged on each said."-Derham.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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See Gage.
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An instrument for measuring the volume of a material or the intensity or rapidity of a process.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. An instrument to determine dimensions or capacity; a standard of any kind;—dimensions; estimate;—any apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon;—position with reference to a vessel and to the wind;—the depth to which a vessel sinks in the water;—the distance between the rails of a railway;—the calibre of a gun;—the size of metallic wire or rods.
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