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What (who) is Gauge - definition
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Gauges; Guage; Gauging; Gauge (disambiguation); Gauge number
gauge
n.
measuring device
1) a fuel; oil; pressure; rain; tire-pressure; water; wind gauge
distance between rails
2) broad, wide; narrow; standard gauge
gauge
(gauges, gauging, gauged)
1.
If you gauge the speed or strength of something, or if you gauge an amount, you measure or calculate it, often by using a device of some kind.
He gauged the wind at over thirty knots...
Distance is gauged by journey time rather than miles.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
A gauge is a device that measures the amount or quantity of something and shows the amount measured.
...temperature gauges.
...pressure gauges.
N-COUNT: oft n N
3.
If you gauge people's actions, feelings, or intentions in a particular situation, you carefully consider and judge them.
...as he gauged possible enemy moves and his own responses...
= assess
VERB: V n
4.
A gauge of someone's feelings or a situation is a fact or event that can be used to judge them.
The index is the government's chief gauge of future economic activity.
= measure
N-SING: usu N of n
5.
A gauge is the distance between the two rails on a railway line.
...a narrow gauge railway.
N-COUNT: usu n N
6.
A gauge is the thickness of something, especially metal or wire.
N-COUNT
gauge
[ge?d?]
(chiefly US also gage)
¦ noun
1. an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
2. the thickness, size, or capacity of a wire, sheet, tube, bullet, etc., especially as a standard measure.
3. the distance between the rails of a line of railway track.
4. Nautical, archaic the position of a sailing vessel to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another.
¦ verb
1. estimate or determine the amount or level of.
judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.).
2. measure the dimensions of with a gauge.
[as adjective gauged] made in standard dimensions.
Derivatives
gaugeable adjective
gauger noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. gauge (n.), gauger (v.), var. of Old North. Fr. jauge, jauger, of unknown origin.
Examples of use of Gauge
1. Kazakhstans new railway will use the narrower 1,435mm gauge and will run alongside the older 1,520mm gauge tracks.
2. Peterson hardly missed with his Ruger Red Label 12–gauge.
3. Cameras gauge how far away objects and obstacles are.
4. Guy shot and killed Onyx with a 12–gauge shotgun.
5. First, each was interviewed to gauge their emotional state.