gauge

also n.

1. 1. A standard or scale of measurement.
   2. A standard dimension, quantity, or capacity.
2. An instrument for measuring or testing.
3. A means of estimating or evaluating; a test: a gauge of character. See synonyms at standard.
4. Nautical. The position of a vessel in relation to another vessel and the wind.
5. 1. The distance between the two rails of a railroad.
   2. The distance between two wheels on an axle.
6. The interior diameter of a shotgun barrel as determined by the number of lead balls of a size exactly fitting the barrel that are required to make one pound. Often used in combination: a 12-gauge shotgun.
7. The amount of plaster of Paris combined with common plaster to speed setting of the mixture.
8. Thickness or diameter, as of sheet metal or wire.
9. The fineness of knitted cloth as determined by the number of loops per 1¹/₂ inches.

tr.v., gauged, also gaged, gaug·ing, gag·ing, gaug·es, gag·es.

1. To measure precisely.
2. To determine the capacity, volume, or contents of.
3. To evaluate or judge: gauge a person's ability.
4. To adapt to a specified measurement.
5. To mix (plaster) in specific proportions.
6. To chip or rub (bricks or stones) to size.

[Middle English, from Old North French, gauging rod, of Germanic origin.]

gaugeable gauge'a·ble adj.

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also gage

noun

A means by which individuals are compared and judged: benchmark, criterion, mark, measure, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick. See usual/unusual.

verb

1. To ascertain the dimensions, quantity, or capacity of: measure. Archaic mete. Idioms: take the measure of. See big/small/amount.
2. To make a judgment as to the worth or value of: appraise, assay, assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, judge, rate¹, size up, valuate, value. Idioms: take the measure of. See value/worthlessness/evaluation.

n

Definition: measure, standard
Antonyms: estimate, guess

v

Definition: measure, judge
Antonyms: estimate, guess

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n

An instrument used to determine the dimensions or caliber of an object.

[gāj] also gage

n. 1. a measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 lb (454 grams) of lead: a twelve-gauge shotgun.

2. the thickness of sheet metal or plastic: 500-gauge polyethylene.

3. the distance between the rails of a line of railroad track: the line was laid to a gauge of 2 feet 9 inches

4. (usually the gage) the position of a sailing vessel to windward (weather gage) or leeward (lee gage) of another.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

gage

railways The standard gauge for rails is 4 ft 8½ in, a value apparently deriving from the spacing of Roman (and perhaps earlier) chariot wheels, which needed to be consistent for practical management, as their use set tracks literally in stone. Various narrower gauges have been used in steep terrain, to reduce the effort in terracing and other earth works, and in temporary situations, e.g. during the harvesting of sugar cane. A broad gauge, typically of 5 ft 3 in, has been used extensively in flat terrain.

iron and steel A multitude of wire and sheet gauges has been used in the industrial world, each manufacturer having a unique scale in earlier years. Several that still survive are listed in Table 18 with dimensions in inches. (For mass apply 480 lb·ft^-3 for iron, 481.2 lb·ft^-3 for steel generally, but US Manufacturers' standards use 41.82 lb·in^-1·ft^-2 for rolled sheet.)
SWG = Standard Wire Gauge, UK official in 1883, standard in 1893 (Imperial Wire Gauge, British Standard Wire Gauge);
BWG = Birmingham Wire Gauge (Stubbs Iron Wire Gauge) of 1884;
(British) Stubbs Steel Wire Gauge (continues to gauge 80 for 0.013 in);
US Steel Wire Gage (Roebling Wire Gage, Brown and Moen Wire Gage, American Steel and Wire Gage);
AWG = American Wire Gage, from the Brown and Sharp of the 1850s;
W. & M. Music Wire Gage (USA);
US Standard Steel Plate Gage, authorized in 1893;
U.S. Manufacturers' Steel Sheet Gage;
BG = Birmingham Gauge for steel sheet, from 1884.Modern practice is to use direct measures of thickness, based on the R10″ series of preferred numbers expressed in millimetres.ANSI/ASME B32.3M 1984

Gauge		SWG	BWG	StSW	US SW	AWG	W&M	USStd	ManSSBG
15/0									1.000
14/0									0.9583
13/0									0.9167
12/0									0.8750
11/0									0.8333
10/0									0.7917
9/0									0.7500
8/0									0.7083
7/0	0.500			0.4900		0.0087	0.5000		0.6666
6/0	0.464			0.4615	0.5800	0.0095	0.4687		0.6250
5/0	0.432			0.4300	0.5165	0.0100	0.4375		0.5883
4/0	0.011	0.454		0.3938	0.4600	0.0110	0.4062		0.5416
3/0	0.372	0.425		0.3625	0.4096	0.0120	0.3750		0.5000
2/0	0.348	0.380		0.3310	0.3648	0.0133	0.3437		0.4452
0	0.324	0.340		0.3065	0.3249	0.0144	0.3125		0.3964
1	0.300	0.300	0.227	0.2830	0.2893	0.0156	0.2812		0.3532
2	0.276	0.284	0.219	0.2625	0.2576	0.0166	0.2656		0.3147
3	0.252	0.259	0.212	0.2437	0.2294	0.0178	0.2500	0.2391	0.2804
4	0.232	0.238	0.207	0.2253	0.2043	0.0188	0.2344	0.2242	0.2500
5	0.212	0.220	0.204	0.2070	0.1819	0.0202	0.2187	0.2092	0.2225
6	0.192	0.203	0.201	0.1920	0.1620	0.0215	0.2031	0.1943	0.1981
7	0.176	0.180	0.199	0.1770	0.1443	0.0230	0.1875	0.1793	0.1764
8	0.160	0.165	0.197	0.1620	0.1285	0.0243	0.1719	0.1644	0.1570
9	0.144	0.148	0.194	0.1483	0.1144	0.0256	0.1562	0.1495	0.1398
10	0.128	0.134	0.191	0.1350	0.1019	0.0270	0.1406	0.1345	0.1250
11	0.116	0.120	0.188	0.1205	0.09074	0.0284	0.1250	0.1196	0.1113
12	0.104	0.109	0.185	0.1055	0.08081	0.0296	0.1094	0.1046	0.0991
13	0.092	0.095	0.182	0.0915	0.07196	0.0314	0.0937	0.0897	0.0882
14	0.080	0.083	0.180	0.0800	0.06408	0.0326	0.0781	0.0747	0.0785
15	0.072	0.072	0.178	0.0720	0.05707	0.0345	0.0703	0.0673	0.0699
16	0.064	0.065	0.175	0.0625	0.05082	0.0360	0.0625	0.0598	0.0625
17	0.056	0.058	0.172	0.0540	0.04526	0.0377	0.0562	0.0538	0.0556
18	0.048	0.049	0.168	0.0475	0.04030	0.0395	0.0500	0.0478	0.0495
19	0.040	0.042	0.164	0.0410	0.03589	0.0414	0.0437	0.0418	0.0440
20	0.036	0.035	0.161	0.0348	0.03196	0.0434	0.0375	0.0359	0.0392
21	0.032	0.032	0.157	0.03175	0.02846	0.0460	0.0344	0.0329	0.0349
22	0.028	0.028	0.155	0.0286	0.02535	0.0483	0.0312	0.0299	0.03125
23	0.024	0.025	0.153	0.0258	0.02257	0.0510	0.0281	0.0269	0.02782
24	0.022	0.022	0.151	0.0230	0.02010	0.0550	0.0250	0.0239	0.02476
25	0.020	0.020	0.148	0.0204	0.01790	0.0586	0.0219	0.0209	0.02204
26	0.018	0.018	0.146	0.0181	0.01594	0.0626	0.0187	0.0179	0.01961
27	0.0164	0.016	0.143	0.0173	0.01419	0.0658	0.0172	0.0164	0.01745
28	0.0148	0.014	0.139	0.0162	0.01264	0.0720	0.0156	0.0149	0.01562
29	0.0136	0.013	0.134	0.0150	0.01126	0.0760	0.0141	0.0135	0.01390
30	0.0124	0.012	0.127	0.0140	0.01002	0.0800	0.0125	0.0120	0.01230
31	0.0116	0.010	0.120	0.0132	0.00893		0.0109	0.0105	0.01100
32	0.0108	0.009	0.115	0.0128	0.00795		0.0102	0.0097	0.00980
33	0.0100	0.008	0.112	0.0118	0.00708		0.0094	0.0090	0.00870
34	0.0092	0.007	0.110	0.0104	0.00630		0.0086	0.0082	0.00770
35	0.0084	0.005	0.108	0.0095	0.00561		0.0078	0.0075	0.00690
36	0.0076	0.004	0.106	0.0090	0.00500		0.0070	0.0067	0.00610
37	0.0068		0.103	0.0085	0.00445		0.0066	0.0064	0.00540
38	0.0060		0.101	0.0080	0.00396		0.0062	0.0060	0.00480
39	0.0052		0.099	0.0075	0.00353		0.0059		0.00430
40	0.0048		0.097	0.0070	0.00314		0.0053		0.00386
41	0.0044		0.095	0.0066	0.00280		0.0051		0.00343
42	0.0040		0.092	0.0062	0.00249		0.0049		0.00306
43	0.0036		0.088	0.0060	0.00222		0.0047		0.00272
44	0.0032		0.085	0.0058	0.00198				0.00242
45	0.0028		0.082	0.0055	0.00176				0.00215
46	0.0024		0.079	0.0052	0.00157				0.00192
47	0.0020		0.077	0.0050	0.00140				0.00170
48	0.0016		0.075	0.0048	0.00124				0.00152
49	0.0012		0.072	0.0046	0.00111				0.00135
50	0.0010		0.069	0.0044	0.00099				0.00107

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Common misspelling(s) of gauge

• guage

Dansk (Danish)
n. - mål, omfang, -måler
v. tr. - måle, justere, rynke

Nederlands (Dutch)
(standaard)maat, meter, spoorbreedte, reikwijdte, criterium, meetinstrument, relatieve positie t.o.v. wind, peilen, nauwkeurig meten, inschatten, ijken

Français (French)
n. - calibre, épaisseur, diamètre, (Tex) finesse, (Rail) écartement des voies, jauge, (Aut, Aviat) jauge d'essence, moyen de jauger, (Cin) format
v. tr. - jauger, étalonner, calibrer, mesurer, évaluer

Deutsch (German)
v. - messen, beurteilen, eichen
n. - Kriterium, Meßgerät, (Normal)maß, Kaliber, Spurweite, Pegel, Schiffsposition mit Bezug auf den Wind

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μετρώ ή ρυθμίζω το διαμέτρημα, μετρώ επακριβώς, εκτιμώ, υπολογίζω
n. - (πρότυπο) διαμέτρημα (κν. καλίμπρα), διάμετρος, πλάτος, μετατρόχιο/εύρος σιδηροτροχιών, μέτρο, μετρητής (διαστάσεων ή ποσότητας), δείκτης, πάχος φύλλου ή ελάσματος ή καλωδίου
adj. - τυποποιημένος

Italiano (Italian)
misurare, calibrare, misura, contatore

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aferir, medir, uniformizar
n. - calibre (m) (Téc.), calibrador (m) (Téc.), diâmetro (m), manômetro (m) (Téc.), vara (f) de medir
adj. - indicador

Русский (Russian)
размер, критерий, стандарт, калибр, ширина колеи, измерять, оценивать, рассчитывать, подводить под определенный стандарт, калибровать

Español (Spanish)
n. - criterio, contador, medidor, norma de medida, calibre
v. tr. - medir, calibrar, juzgar, estimar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - mäta (rymd, kaliber, storlek), bedöma, mäta ut, rynka (sömn.)
n. - (standard)mått, dimensioner, spårvidd, djupgående (sjö.), (fartygs) läge, mätare (tekn.), mall (tekn.), hållare (boktr.)
adj. - mät-, beräknings-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
标准度量, 计量器, 精确计量, 估计

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 標準度量, 計量器
v. tr. - 精確計量, 估計

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 계량기, 기준 치수
v. tr. - 측정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 計器, ゲージ, 標準寸法, 寸法, 範囲
v. - 測る, 判断する, 評価する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقيس, يعاير (الاسم) مقياس, , معيار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכשיר מדידה, קנה-מידה, מונה, עובי, קוטר, רוחב מסילת ברזל, טווח, קריטריון להערכה‬
v. tr. - ‮מדד, העריך, אמד‬

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