Gauge
11gauge — (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) …
12gauge — I verb adjudge, appraise, appreciate, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, assess, calculate, calibrate, class, compute, consider, decide, deduce, determine, draw an inference, estimate, evaluate, exercise judgment, fathom, form an estimate, form… …
13Gauge — 〈[gɛıdʒ] n.; Gen.: ; Pl.: unz.; Abk.: gg; Textilw.〉 1. Maß für die Feinheit des Gewirkes für Strümpfe 2. Einheit für die Stärke von Blechen u. Folien (1 g = 0,0254 mm) [Etym.: engl., »Normalmaß, Spurweite (Eisenbahn)«] …
14gauge — n *standard, criterion, yardstick, touchstone …
15gauge — is spelt in this way, not guage …
16gauge — This is the British and Canadian spelling while in the United States it is sometimes spelled without the u (gage). It is becoming standard to use gage for wire size and gauge for an instrument. [1] An instrument that registers the quantity of a… …
17gauge — gaugeable, adj. gaugeably, adv. /gayj/, v., gauged, gauging, n. v.t. 1. to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure. 2. to appraise, estimate, or judge. 3. to make conformable to a standard. 4. to mark or measure… …
18gauge — ▪ I. gauge gauge 1 [geɪdʒ] verb [transitive] 1. to measure how people feel about something or the effect that something is likely to have on them: • The magazine commissioned research to gauge opinions on how British industry is meeting its… …
19gauge — (ga) 1. a traditional unit measuring the interior diameter of a shotgun barrel. The gauge of a shotgun was the number of lead balls, each of a size just fitting inside the barrel, that were required to make up a pound. In other words, if a… …
20gauge — gauge1 also gage AmE [geıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(instrument)¦ 2¦(width/thickness)¦ 3 a gauge of something 4¦(railway)¦ 5¦(gun)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North Frenc] 1.) …
