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Gauge

noun

1.

A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.. Synonym: gage.

2.

Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared. Synonym: standard of measurement.

3.

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

4.

The thickness of wire.

5.

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel. Synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre.

verb

(past & past part. gauged; pres. part. gauging) (Written also gage)

1.

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). Synonyms: approximate, estimate, guess, judge.

2.

Rub to a uniform size.

3.

Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation.

4.

Measure precisely and against a standard.

5.

Adapt to a specified measurement.

6.

Mix in specific proportions.

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— Oswald Langdon - or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 • Carson Jay Lee

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