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gauge

noun

1 gauge

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

synonym: gage.

Roget 466: measurement, admeasurement, mensuration, survey, valuation, appraisement, assessment, assize; estimate, estimation; dead reckoning, reckoning etc. ... show more

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

2 gauge

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

synonym: standard of measurement.

Polish: miernik, probierz, wymiernik

3 gauge

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

Dutch: meter
Polish: rozstaw, rozstawienie, rozstawa

4 gauge

The thickness of wire.

5 gauge

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre.

Dutch: kaliber
Polish: kaliber

verb

1 gauge

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).

synonyms: approximate, estimate, guess, judge.

Roget 466: measure, mete; determine, assay; evaluate, value, assess, rate, appraise, estimate, form an estimate, set a value on; appreciate; standardize.    ... show more

Dutch: gissen, raden

2 gauge

Rub to a uniform size.

3 gauge

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

4 gauge

Measure precisely and against a standard.

5 gauge

Adapt to a specified measurement.

6 gauge

Mix in specific proportions.


Moby thesaurus: Johansson block, T square, adjust, amount, amplitude, appraise, appreciate, area, assay, assess, barometer, basis, benchmark, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, calculate, caliber, calibrate ... show more.

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