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Noun gauge has 5 senses
- gauge, gage - a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
--1 is a kind of measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
--1 has particulars: | | anemometer, wind gauge, wind gage; depth gauge, depth gage; dipstick; gasoline gauge, gasoline gage, gas gauge, gas gage; pressure gauge, pressure gage; rain gauge, rain gage, pluviometer, udometer; strain gauge, strain gage; surface gauge, surface gage, scribing block; vacuum gauge, vacuum gage; water gauge, water gage, water glass; wire gauge, wire gage |
- gauge, standard of measurement - accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
--2 is a kind of standard, criterion, measure, touchstone
- gauge - the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
--3 is a kind of distance, length
--3 has particulars: broad gauge; narrow gauge; standard gauge
- gauge - the thickness of wire
--4 is a kind of thickness
- bore, gauge, caliber, calibre - diameter of a tube or gun barrel
--5 is a kind of diameter, diam
Verb gauge has 6 senses
- estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
--1 is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
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- gauge - rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
--2 is one way to rub
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- gauge - determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"
--3 is one way to determine, find, find out, ascertain
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- gauge - measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"
--4 is one way to quantify, measure
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- gauge - adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"
--5 is one way to standardize, standardise
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- gauge - mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
--6 is one way to blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
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