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Gauge

Definition: Gauge

Gauge

Noun

1. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.

Verb

1. Form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gauge" was first used: 1440. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Gauge

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

A term used to denote the physical size of a wire. Source: European Union. (references)

Engineering & Technology

Sert à vérifier si les bougies de l'automobile sont assez ouvertes. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

A wooden or metal appliance used for measuring the diameter of stock and scion wood. Source: European Union. (references)
 In saws, a measure of the thickness of the metal blade, band, plate, etc. carrying the teeth. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

A device installed for measuring the level of the water surface relative to a gauge datum. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

It consists essentially of a sealed glass tube with spirit, leaving a small air bubble; as long as the tube is truly horizontal, the bubble will lie exactly between reference marks in th e middle. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

The thickness of a metal sheet measured in accordance with one of a number of standard systems. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

See:gage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: American wire gauge

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

American wire gauge (AWG) is a way of specifying wire sizes, where each gauge represents a different wire diameter. It was originally applied to non-ferrous, conducting wire, but lately is commonly used to specify body piercing jewelry sizes in the United States.

In common with many non-metric gauging systems, the measurement involved (wire diameter in this case) decreases with increasing gauge number.

Table of AWGs and approximate corresponding sizes

AWGDiameter
mm
Diameter
inches
0000000 (6/0)14.7320.5800
000000 (5/0)13.1190.5165
00000 (4/0)11.6840.4600
000 (3/0)10.4040.4096
00 (2/0)9.2660.3648
0 (1/0)8.2520.3249
17.3480.2893
26.5430.2576
35.8270.2294
45.1890.2043
54.6210.1819
64.1150.1620
73.6650.1443
83.2640.1285
92.9060.1144
102.5880.1019
112.3040.0907
122.0520.0808
131.8290.0720
141.6280.0641
151.4500.0571
161.2910.0508
171.1500.0453
181.0240.0403
190.91190.0359
200.81280.0320
210.72390.0285
220.64260.0253
230.57400.0226
240.51060.0201
250.45470.0179
260.40380.0159
270.36060.0142
280.32000.0126
290.28700.0113
300.25400.0100
310.22610.0089
320.20320.0080
330.18030.0071
340.16010.0063
350.14220.0056
360.12700.0050
370.11430.0045
380.10160.0040
390.08890.0035
400.07870.0031

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "American wire gauge."

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Gauge

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Gauge is an engineering term referring to a measure of width or thickness, or to devices used to make measurements (originally of width or thickness). It can also be used as a verb to describe the act of taking a measurement, typically an estimate.

Gauge is most commonly used when referring to railways, where gauge referrs to the distance between the two rails of the roadbed (eg standard gauge, narrow gauge).

The term is also used in the measurement of metal sheeting, where it refers to the thickness of the sheet.

It is more rarely used to refer to the internal dimensions of a cannon.

See also rail gauge.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gauge."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Gauge

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
GAEnglishGaugeIndustry, Meteorology & Standards

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Gauge

Synonyms: gage (n), approximate (v), estimate (v), guess (v), judge (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Gauge

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Air

Aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass,aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography; meteorology, climatology; pneumatics; eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer; aneroid, baroscope; weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock.

Indication

Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary.

Measurement

Span, pace step; apply the compass; Noun: gauge, plumb, probe, sound, fathom; heave the log, heave the lead; survey.

Measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo.

Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity).

River

Hydrodynamics; hydraulics, hydraulicostatics; rain gauge, flowmeter; pegology.

Velocity

Log, log line; speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter; pedometer.

Wind

Anemography, aerodynamics; wind gauge, vane, weather-vane, wind sock; anemometer, anemoscope.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Gauge

English words defined with "gauge": anemometerdepth gaugeFit rod, fundamental interactiongas gauge, gasoline gauge, Gauge glass, Gauge lathe, Gauge saw, Gauged, Gauged mortar, Gauging, Gauging rod, gluon, gravitonsHydrometric pendulumInches of pressure, interaction, intermediate vector bosonsLee gaugemanometer, Margin of a course, misgauge, Miter gaugeNarrow gaugeOmbrometerPear gauge, Planometer, Pluviometer, Pressure gaugerain gauge, read, record, registerscribing block, Sea gauge, show, Siphon gauge, Sliding gauge, sphygmomanometer, steam boiler, Steam gauge, strain gauge, surface gaugeTagger, tenuous, Tide gauge, torque wrenchUdometervacuum gaugewater gage, water gauge, water glass, water level, Weather gauge, Wind gauge, Wire gauge. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gauge": accumulative rain gauge, American Wire GaugeBrown and Sharpe Wire Gaugegauge checker, gauge height, gauge wellINSPECTOR, GAUGE AND INSTRUMENTrain recording gaugeself-registering gauge, STABILITY GAUGE, stage gauge, storage rain gaugeto gauge, totalizer rain gauge. (references)
Etymologies containing "gauge": Water gauge. (references)

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Modern Usage: Gauge

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Fuel gauge is shot (Memphis Belle; writing credit: Monte Merrick)

This is called the Worthington Law and it's used to gauge the value of human worth (Mr. Show; writing credit: Scott Aukerman; Jerry Collins)

Lyrics

Feel like I'm running on an empty gauge (INFATUATION; performing artist: Rod Stewart)

Movie/TV Titles

The Gauge of Battle (1928)

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Commercial Usage: Gauge

DomainTitle

Books

  • Physics of Finance: Gauge Modelling in Non-Equilibrium Pricing (reference)

  • Quarks, Leptons and Gauge Fields (reference)

  • Realistic Track Plans for O Gauge Trains (reference)

  • Your First O Gauge Layout: Featuring Mth Trains and Accessories (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

High Tech

  • PHOENIX GOLD PRO-40 XS Series 4 Gauge Spade Terminals with Protective Boot (reference)

  • PHOENIX GOLD PRO-8 XS Series 7-9 Gauge Spade Terminal with Protective Boot (reference)

  • PHOENIX GOLD PRO-404 12-16 Gauge Spade Terminals with Protective Boots (reference)

  • PHOENIX GOLD QS-162/1000 1000' Super Oxygen-Free Copper 2-Conductor, 16 Gauge Speaker Cab (reference)

  • PHOENIX GOLD PS10B-500 10 Gauge High Current Power Cable (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Gauge

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Photo Album: Gauge

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Erecting a portable tide gauge platform at Kettle Cove Glendon Boothe on right Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Connecting the float to a tide gauge Tides party of Gerald B. Mills Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site. These are deployed to take measurements in and around severe weather. Tower instruments give wind direction and speed; rain gauge on left. White box houses temperature, relative humidity and pressure instruments. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

The Tide Gauge Team installing a tide gauge in the icy waters of Tracy Arm. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dive Support Team preparing to assist with tide gauge installation. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

"Just another day's work" - Surveyor Tech Nicole Stagner at work on the tide gauge installation at Tracy Arm. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

RAINIER Field Operations Officer, Lt. E. J. Van Den Ameele, works with Senior Survey Tech Winli Lin leveling the tide gauge while Survey Tech Nicole Stagner holds the level rod. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Survey Tech Nicole Stagner checking on the tide gauge data in the Plot Room. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 5. An Aime tide gauge. Aime's tidal studies began at the port of Algiers in 1838. Aime designed a prismatic lead tube supported by wood and provided with a filtering mechanism at its base that attenuated wave motion. A wood float connected to a counterweight by a silk cord, indicated the level of the sea on a reverse graduated scale which was calibrated on a calm day. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Surrounded by protective fencing that shields the rain gauge from wind currents, hydrologic technician Michael Murphy retrieves precipitation data for a site on the 16,000-acre Central Plains Experimental Range. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Gauge
 

"Gas tank gauge" by Eduardo Del Río P.
Commentary: "Gotta' see how much gas you have left in your tank."
"Gauge" by Erika Thorpe
Commentary: "Pressure gauge of an air compressor."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Gauge".

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A 12 gauge shotgun being loaded with a cartridge.
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Historic Usage: Gauge

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall be applied to the lines of former Russian Poland converted by Germany to the German gauge, such lines being regarded as detached from the Prussian State System. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Gauge

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Tom flicked his eyes down to the oil gauge.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gauge

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Primary among these sensors are the abdominal strain gauge, inductance plethysmograph, and nasal thermistor. (references)

The first sound registered on the instrument gauge (which measures the pressure of the blood in millimeters on a column of mercury) is called the systolic pressure. (references)

While the patient tries to warm his hands, the monitor provides feedback either on a gauge that shows the temperature reading or by emitting a sound or beep that increases in intensity as the temperature increases. (references)

Business

To work towards this goal, the vast majority of foreign HCPs opt first to set up a pilot project in a large coastal city where foreign and wealthy Chinese populations are the highest, then gauge the market, refine their focus, develop guanxi with government officials and regulatory agencies, and finally develop a strategy for expansion and inland penetration. (references)

This experiment in 3 key cities are participated by other leading companies in music, broadcasting, publishing industries and will gauge opportunities not only for various contents but marketing methods (media mix). The retail price for music will be 200 yen (about $2) per number for downloading onto a MD. This station has an "Import Boutique" in the same unit through which general public may enjoy personal imports of other tangible goods. (references)

Children

Saudi Arabia

It is difficult to gauge the prevalence of child abuse, since the Government currently keeps no national statistics on such cases. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

The TRC network is approximately 2,600 km of single-track meter gauge. (references)

India

To gauge an representative's abilities, U.S. firms should evaluate the prospect in the Indian context. (references)

Minorities

Hong Kong

In the face of growing criticism, the Government began to gauge public opinion on the need for antiracism legislation, but maintained its stance that better education on the subject, not new legislation, was the solution. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

The government has said that it will gauge the effectiveness of all SEZs and PITs to determine whether any should be eliminated. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

The true level of non-performing and under-performing loans is difficult to gauge, as there is a very low level of transparency and disclosure in Vietnam. (references)

Travel

Greece

The remainder consists of narrow gauge tracks used for national routes. (references)

Greece

Of this, 1,500 kilometers is of standard gauge and connects Greece with the former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia and Western Europe in the north, and with Turkey and the Middle East in the east. (references)

Women

Armenia

The law prohibits discrimination in employment and hiring because of pregnancy; however, the extremely high unemployment rate makes it difficult to gauge how effectively the law has been implemented. (references)

Worker Rights

Venezuela

However, no figures are available from either government or NGO sources, and it is difficult to gauge the extent of the problem; the authorities show little awareness of the problem. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the commonly accepted standards being artificial, arbitrary and fallacious; for, as "Sir Sycophas Chrysolater" in the play has justly remarked, "the true use and function of property (in whatsoever it consisteth -- coins, or land, or houses, or merchant- stuff, or anything which may be named as holden of right to one's own subservience) as also of honors, titles, preferments and place, and all favor and acquaintance of persons of quality or ableness, are but to get money. Hence it followeth that all things are truly to be rated as of worth in measure of their serviceableness to that end; and their possessors should take rank in agreement thereto, neither the lord of an unproducing manor, howsoever broad and ancient, nor he who bears an unremunerate dignity, nor yet the pauper favorite of a king, being esteemed of level excellency with him whose riches are of daily accretion; and hardly should they whose wealth is barren claim and rightly take more honor than the poor and unworthy."

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Gauge

"Gauge" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.71% of the time. "Gauge" is used about 771 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)66.71%51411,807
Lexical Verb (infinitive)30.31%23419,621
Lexical Verb (base form)1.94%1590,616
Noun (proper)0.91%7133,076
Noun (common)0.13%1339,140
                    Total100.00%771N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Gauge

Expressions using "gauge": accumulative rain gauge air gauge Alarm gauge american Wire Gauge B gauge bark gauge Brine gauge broad gauge Brown and Sharpe Wire Gauge C gauge caliper or gauge change of gauge condenser gauge Cream gauge Crusher gauge depth gauge fuel gauge gas gauge gasoline gauge gauge boson Gauge cock Gauge concussion Gauge glass gauge height Gauge lathe gauge number gauge of Gauge of a carriage Gauge point gauge pressure Gauge rod Gauge saw Gauge stuff gauge well Gauge wheel hardness gauge height gauge international loading gauge Joiner's gauge Lee gauge line gauge loading gauge mercurial steam gauge micrometer gauge Miter gauge narrow gauge oil gauge oil gauge rod pear gauge perforation gauge petrol gauge ppi gauge precipitation gauge pressure gauge Printer's gauge rain gauge rain recording gauge remote pressure gauge salt gauge sea gauge set gauge sheet gauge shot gauge siphon gauge sliding gauge speed gauge stage gauge standard gauge star gauge steam gauge storage rain gauge strain gauge surface gauge take the gauge of tide gauge tire gauge totalizer rain gauge track gauge twaddle gauge tyre gauge UIC B gauge UIC C gauge vacuum gauge velocity gauge vernier gauge water depth gauge water gauge weather gauge wedge gauge wheel gauge wide gauge wind gauge wire gauge. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "gauge": gauge-glass, gauge-line.

Ending with "gauge": heavy-gauge, narrow-gauge, standard-gauge.

Containing "gauge": narrow-gauge lighting system, narrow-gauge railroad, narrow-gauge railway.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gauge

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

force gauge

5,083

auto gauge

93

gauge

3,567

tire gauge

80

rain gauge

1,286

gauge movie

79

porn star gauge

443

free gauge pic

79

pressure gauge

286

white face gauge

75

gauge porn

204

12 gauge shotgun

72

teen gauge

191

tire pressure gauge

71

strain gauge

179

gauge hardcore

71

gauge pic

153

gauge magazine

68

n gauge

145

gauge r r

67

vdo gauge

136

temperature gauge

66

vacuum gauge

132

marine gauge

66

gauge nude

129

ashcroft gauge

65

wire gauge

123

automotive gauge

63

indiglo gauge

121

boost gauge

62

autometer gauge

120

gauge face

59

us gauge

112

gauge level sensor

58

gauge pod

109

12 gauge

55

gauge n nokia

108

gauge your ear

55

cherie gauge

104

gauge picture

54
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Modern Translation: Gauge

Language Translations for "gauge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gjerësi i shinave, tufë patash (gaggle), standard (gi, norm, standard), shoqëri i gëzuar, shkallë (accommodation ladder, caliber, calibre, degree, flight, gradations, grade, ladder, level, measure, notch, peg, phase, pitch, point, rate, rating, remove, scale, stadium, stair, staircase, stairway), njehsoj (compute, count, measure, take the gauge of), masë (bar, body, Gage, heft, mass, measure, measurement, populace, rate, scads, scale, size, ton), madhësi (bulk, dimension, ensemble, greatness, largeness, loftiness, magnificence, magnitude, majesty, operand, quantity, rout, size), kalibër (bore, caliber, calibre, grade, groove, size), instrument matës (Gage), diametër (diameter). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مقياس (criterion, standard), ‏معيار (criterion, norm, standard), ‏مدى (ambit, amplitude, carry, extent, gage, incidence, latitude, length, ocean, range, reach, scope, space, stretch, sweep), ‏قياس السعة, ‏قياس (measure, measurement, size), ‏قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, inflexible, measure, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, solid, standardize, stark, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind, unyielding), ‏تبأر (focusing), ‏سعة (ampleness, amplitude, capacity, fullness, fulness, gage, ocean, opulence, richness, roundness, space, thoroughness), ‏عين سعة شىء ما, ‏عيار فلم, ‏عيار (bore, caliber, calibre, standard), ‏عرض السكة الحديدية (gage). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уред за измерване, размер (ambit, amount, compass, dimension, extent, limit, mass, measure, percentage, rate, scale, size, volume), типографска линийка, шублер, ширина на линия, критерий (criterion, hallmark, measure, metewand, plumb line, standard, test, yardstick), калибър (bore, caliber, calibre, size), градуирам (calibrate, graduate, mark off), мярка (bundle, measure, measurement, rate, remedy, size, step, yardstick), мащаб (calibre, measure, scale), преценявам (adjudge, appraise, assess, estimate, figure, judge, measure, price, put, rate, weigh, weigh up), правя тухли по калъп, измервам точно. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

軌距 , 测量仪 (Gage), 標準尺寸 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

zástava (flag, Gage, guarantee, pawn, pledge, plight), rozsah (amount, extension, extent, Gage, magnitude, range, scope, size, span, spread), rozchod (dismiss, fall out, farewell, Gage, parting, track gauge), prùmìr (average, bore, diameter, Gage, mean), posoudit (assess, evaluate, explore, Gage, judge, review, size up, survey, weigh up, write up), odhadnout (appraise, assess, calculate, estimate, Gage, make, measure, survey, tax), míra (amount, degree, extent, Gage, measure, measurement, pole, proportion, rate, scale), mìřit (Gage, mete, meter), mìřítko (Gage, measure, scale, standard, touchstone), kalibr (bore, calibre, Gage, stamp), indikátor (Gage, indicator). (various references)

   

Danish

  

gauge (needle for inch, NPI(needles per inch)), maskinfinhed (needle for inch, NPI(needles per inch)), hjulafstand (track(distance between the weels of a vehicle), wheel base), inddeling (scala, scale), kaliber (bore), klingetykkelse (gage, saw blade thickness), laere (template, templet), afstand mellem 2 nåle, maalemaerke, vaeskestandroer (gauge glass, level control, level indicator, spirit level, water gauge, water level), pladetykkelse (gauge number, sheet gauge, sheet thickness), savklingetykkelse (gage, saw blade thickness), skabelon (model), skydelære, sporvidde (track gauge, track(distance between the weels of a vehicle)), stregmål, trådtykkelse (gage), måleapparat. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gauge, kaliber (calibre), automatisch meetinstrument, bladdikte (gage, saw blade thickness), deling (division), fijnheid (tenderness), aantal naalden per cm (needle for inch, NPI(needles per inch)), ijkmaat (gage, template, templet), waterpeilglas (gauge glass, level control, level indicator, spirit level, water gauge, water level), mal (absurd, calibre, model, ridiculous), peilglas (gauge glass, level control, level indicator, spirit level, water gauge, water level), plaatdikte (gauge number, sheet gauge, sheet thickness), schabloon (frisket, pattern, stencil, template, templet), spoorbreedte (track gauge, track(distance between the weels of a vehicle)), spoorwijdte (track gauge), ijk. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

benzinnivela indikilo (petrol gauge), benzinmezurilo (petrol gauge). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پیمانه کردن (Measure), پیمانه (Bushel, Measure, Mete, Yardstick), مقیاس (Criterion, Indicator, Measure, Meter, Scale, Yardstick), معیار (Canonical, Criterion, Paragon, Scale, Standard, Test, Touchstone, Yardstick), ضخامت ورق فلزی یاقطرسیم وغیره , اندازه گرفتن (Measure, Span), اندازه (Bulk, Deal, Dimension, Extent, Indicator, Limit, Measure, Quantity, Scale, Size, Span, Tract), ازمایش کردن (Approve, Essay, Experiment, Quiz), درجه (Alloy, Degree, Gradation, Grade, Length, Mark, Measure, Peg, Point, Proportion, Stair, Step, Thermometer). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tulkki (interpreter), raideväli (track(distance between the weels of a vehicle)), raideleveys (track gauge), paksuus (thickness), mittari (counter, counting device, instrument, measuring instrument), mitta (measure, measurement), mitattu levyn paksuus (gauge number, sheet gauge, sheet thickness), mitata (measure, pace off, survey), levyn paksuus (gauge number, sheet gauge, sheet thickness), hampaan paksuus (gage, saw blade thickness), halkaisijamitta, automaattinen painontarkistin. (various references)

   

French

  

jauge (Gage), gabarit, calibre (Gage). (various references)

   

German

  

maßstab (actual size, benchmark, Gage, measure, measurement, rule, ruler, scale, standard, yardstick), spurweite (Gage, track), Pegel (gage, level, level recorder, water depth gauge), messgerät (Gage, meter, scale), Maß (amount, degree, dimension, extent, gage, measure, measurement, moderation, rule), lehre (advice, apprenticeship, doctrine, egalitarianism, Gage, gospel, lesson, moral, precept, science, teaching, teachings, template, tenet, theory, training), justieren (adjust, collimate, justify, to justify, weight). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετρητής (meter, metronome), υπολογίζω (average, calculate, compute, count, determine, estimate, reckon). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מונה (counter, meter, register), מדיד (calibre, measurable, meter, metre), מד (indicator, measure), מרוח (clearance, distance, gap, latitude, respite, room, smeared, space, span, spread), למדוד (measure), לאמוד (appraise, estimate, evaluate), חוגן (dial indicator), רוחב מסילה. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyomtáv (gage, track, width of the track), sablon (gage, model, pattern, shape, stereotype, tag, template, templet), mérték (cadence, cadency, extent, gage, mark, measure, measurement, quantity, rate, scale, standard, test), méret (extent, gage, magnitude, measure, measurement, scale, size), mérce (gage, templet), mérőeszköz (gage, meter), kaliber (bore, caliber, calibre, gage, pass, tapered), idomszer (gage), űrtartalom (capacity, content, cubic capacity, gage, receptiveness, receptivity, tankage, volume). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ukuran (calibre, dimension, measure, norm, size), penduga (depth finder), meteran, kadar (alloy, amalgam, character, command, degree, God's will, level, quality). (various references)

   

Italian

  

scartamento (Gage), calibro (bore, caliber, calibre, Gage). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

軌間 , 計量器 (meter, scale), 計器 (meter), 計る (estimate, to measure, to survey, to time sound, to weigh), メーカー物 (Major, Major League, make, make love, make over, make up, makeup, make-up, mate, May Day, Mayday, meter, meter stamp, metre, name-brand item), 測る (estimate, to measure, to survey, to time sound, to weigh), ケンブリッジ大学 (Cambridge University). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

メートル (meter, metre), きかん (already published, boiler, engine, facility, feedback, flagship, hunger and cold, instrument, key, mainstay, mechanism, mirror, nucleus, organ, paragon, pattern, period, quarterly, repatriation, return, returning to one'sship, term, trachea, wonderful sight, your letter), ゲージ , けいりょうき (meter, scale), けいき (business, chance, condition, light machine gun, meter, occurring in succession, opportunity, prison term, state). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

계기 (Gage, instrument). (various references)

   

Manx

  

towse (calibre, capacity, divine law, dose, mark off, size, size up, sum up, summing up, time, tit of gold, value, weigh, weigh out; rating). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

sporvidde, måler, mål (aim, goal, measure, measurement, purpose, target), dimensjon (dimension). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

augegay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

calibre (bore, caliber, calibre, gage, range), bitola (diameter, gage, scantling, test). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

gabarit (dimensions, jig, size), uniformiza (level, standardize), standardiza (normalize, standardize), prevedea (anticipate, envisage, forecast, foreknow, foresee, look for, provide, provide that, stipulate), poziţie faţa de vânt, mãsurã-standard, mãsura (admeasure, curb, estimate, fathom, measure, measure off, measure out, mensurate, mete out, overshoot the mark, survey), etalon (norm, standard), ecartament (four-foot way), calibru (bore, caliber, calibre, compass, diameter, jig, pass, pattern, size, sort), aprecia (appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, deem, determine, estimate, feel, guess, judge, measure, prize, put, rate, reckon, score, see, value, weigh). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

шаблон (clip art, gestalt, master form, model, mould, pattern, stencil, template, templet, wildcard), ширина пути, критерий (criteria, criterion, figure of merit, mete-wand, norm, plumb-line, test, touchstone, yardstick), колея (rut, track), калибр (caliber, calibre, calliper, ga, groove, pass, pattern), номер (issue, logistical number, num, number, size), мера (efforts, measure), масштаб (caliber, calibre, measure, scale), лекало (cam, french curve, mould, pattern, template), измерительный прибор (measurer, meter), измеритель;мера. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pribor za merenje, odmeriti (apportion, measure, mete, weigh, weigh out), oceniti (appraise, assess, evaluate, grade, judge, mark, measure), merilo (criterion, measure, norm, value, yardstick), mera (measure, measurement, module, provision, rate, step), kolosek (groove, railway, rut, track), kalibar (caliber, calibre, line gauge), izmeriti (measure, take, weigh). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

calibre (bore, caliber, calibers, calibre, Gage, profile, size), calibrar (calibrate, caliper, Gage, size), calibrador (calibrator, calipers, callipers, Gage). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spårvidd (track gauge, track(distance between the weels of a vehicle)), kaliber (bore, caliber, calibre), dimention (scantling), beräkna (account, allow, appraise, calculate, calculating, charge, compute, count, estimate, figure, project, rate, reckon, take into account, work out). (various references)

   

Thai

  

มาตรวัด. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tartmak (balance, debate with oneself, deliberate, Gage, measure, scale, weigh, weigh out), kriter (Canon, criterion, test), kapsam (compass, comprehension, comprehensiveness, content, extent, scope), kalibre (bore, caliber, calibre, Gage, jig), kıstas (criterion), hacim (body, bulk, capacity, volume), değer biçmek (appraise, appreciate, assess, estimate, evaluate, judge, prize, put down, rate, set by, size up, value), ayarını hesaplamak, ayar (accuracy, adjusting, adjustment, carat, content, exactness, flag, foot rule, Gage, precision, readjustment, regulating, regulation, standard, touchstone, tune up, tuning, yardstick), ölçmek (clock, evaluate, measure, mete, meter, perambulate, survey, take, take the range), ölçme aleti, ölçü (dimension, dimensions, extent, foot rule, measure, measurement, meter, metre, prosody, scale, size, standard, stint, test). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

giсlik (latitude (geographical), width). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

калібрувати (calibrate, size), калібр (caliber, calibre, calipers, callipers, size, template), вимірювати (determine, meter, size), вимірювальний прилад, міра (degree, extent, measure), масштаб (area, caliber, calibre, measure, scale, scope, zodiac). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tầm, quy mô (scale), kiểu (model, replica, shape, style, weave, wove, woven), khả năng khoảng cách đường ray tiêu chuẩn đánh giá, chiều cao của thuỷ triều, cỡ (calibre). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gauge

Derivations

Words beginning with "gauge": gauged, gauger, gaugers, gauges. (additional references)

Words ending with "gauge": misgauge, regauge. (additional references)

Words containing "gauge": misgauged, misgauges, regauged, regauges. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Gauge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auge, Augee, Bauge, cauge, gadge, gadgi, gagey, gague, gahge, Gaige, gaoge, gaouge, gauber, Gaude, gaue, gaufe, gaufer, gaug, Gaugi, gaugy, gauie, gauje, gaujo, gauke, Gaungit, gause, gaute, Gautel, geage, geega, geoge, geogo, giaue, glauben, goge, gougee, gough, gougle, graige, gruge, guag, guagara, guage, Guaruja, guate, guggi, Guggum, Guugu, hauge, juage, lauge, mauge, pauge, sauge. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gauge"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "gauge" (pronounced gā"j)
3g ā" jdisengage, engage, Gage.
2-ā" jage, assuage, backstage, cage, enrage, offstage, onstage, page, rage, restage, sage, stage, upstage, wage.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Gauge

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-u"

-1 letter: ague, gage.

-2 letters: age, eau, egg, gae, gag.

-3 letters: ae, ag.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-u"
 

+1 letter: gangue, gauged, gauger, gauges.

 

+2 letters: burgage, gangues, garigue, gaugers, luggage, regauge.

 

+3 letters: burgages, garigues, huggable, language, leaguing, luggages, meshugga, misgauge, puggaree, quaggier, regauged, regauges, roughage, unageing, untagged.

 

+4 letters: demagogue, languages, meshuggah, misgauged, misgauges, pedagogue, puggarees, quaggiest, rearguing, regauging, roughages, slanguage, synagogue.

 

+5 letters: augmenting, budgerigar, degaussing, demagogued, demagogues, desugaring, gangbuster, gangrenous, gauffering, gregarious, juggernaut, leaguering, mystagogue, outbragged, outdragged, pedagogues, redarguing, regulating, sialagogue, slanguages, synagogues.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Abbreviations
18. Acronyms
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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