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Gauge
ɡeɪdʒ
- an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something
"a fuel gauge"
- a tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension
"mark out the details of the angled surfaces with a knife and gauge"
- a means of estimating something
"emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease"
- the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure
- the diameter of a wire, fibre, tube, etc.
"a fine 0.018-inch gauge wire"
- 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 g) of lead
"a 12-gauge shotgun"
- the thickness of sheet metal or plastic
"500-gauge polythene"
- the distance between the rails of a line of railway track
"the line was laid to a gauge of 2 ft 9 ins"
- the position of a sailing ship to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another
"the French fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage"
- estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of
"astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness"
- judge or assess (a situation, attitude, or feeling)
"she was unable to gauge his mood"
- measure the dimensions of (an object) with a gauge
"when dry, the assemblies can be gauged exactly and planed to width"