gaugegeɪdʒ
gauge (v)
- present
- gauges
- past
- gauged
- past participle
- gauged
- present participle
- gauging
gauge (n)
- plural
- gauges
gauge
gauge
English Definitions:
gauge, gage (noun)
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
gauge, standard of measurement (noun)
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
gauge (noun)
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
gauge (noun)
the thickness of wire
bore, gauge, caliber, calibre (verb)
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge (verb)
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
gauge (verb)
rub to a uniform size
"gauge bricks"
gauge (verb)
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
"gauge the wine barrels"
gauge (verb)
measure precisely and against a standard
"the wire is gauged"
gauge (verb)
adapt to a specified measurement
"gauge the instruments"
gauge (verb)
mix in specific proportions
"gauge plaster"
gauge (Noun)
A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
gauge (Noun)
An act of measuring.
gauge (Noun)
Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
gauge (Noun)
A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
gauge (Noun)
The distance between the rails of a railway.
gauge (Noun)
A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
gauge (Verb)
To measure or determine usually with a gauge; to measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.
Gauge
The gauge of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm, and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound. Thus there are twelve 12-gauge balls per pound. The term is related to the measurement of cannon, which were also measured by the weight of their iron round shot; an 8 pounder would fire an 8 lb spherical cast iron ball and had a bore diameter of about 91 mm. Gauge is commonly used today in reference to shotguns, though historically it was also used in large double rifles, which were made in sizes up to 4 bore during their heyday in the 1880s, being originally loaded with black powder cartridges. These very large rifles, sometimes called elephant guns, were intended for use in India and Africa for hunting dangerous game. Gauge is abbreviated "ga.", "ga", or "G". The space between the number and the abbreviation is often left out, as in "12ga".
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