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gauge::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gage |
| Type of | measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system |
| Has types | wire gauge, depth gage, depth gauge, dipstick, gas gage, gas gauge, gasoline gage, gasoline gauge, water gage, water gauge, water glass, wind gage, wind gauge, wire gage, petrol gage, petrol gauge, pluviometer, pressure gage, pressure gauge, rain gage, rain gauge, scribing block, strain gage, strain gauge, surface gage, surface gauge, anemometer, udometer, vacuum gage, vacuum gauge |
gauge::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | standard of measurement |
| Type of | criterion, measure, standard, touchstone |
gauge::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | distance, length |
| Has types | standard gauge, broad gauge, narrow gauge |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | thickness |
Examples of gauge
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We can look at the escalating Korean conflict to gauge the impact of the latter.
From the forbes.com
The index, a gauge of national home prices, dipped for the sixth straight month.
From the thenewstribune.com
The gauge may rally to 90,000 sometime in the second half of 2011, Landers said.
From the bloomberg.com
Cowboys coach Wade Phillips uses another test to gauge how good they really are.
From the kentucky.com
The pace is dictated by the guests and the scare actors, who gauge the reaction.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The financial impact of bedbugs on the hotel industry, if any, is hard to gauge.
From the cnn.com
A gauge of euro-area retail sales fell to 48, when adjusted for seasonal swings.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Some officials would like to gauge how the program does before committing money.
From the kansas.com
We tried to gauge the risks by watching how many Ivorians ventured out each day.
From the time.com
- A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- Estimate: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
- Rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
- The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
- Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"
- Gauge was a post hardcore band from the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
- The gauge of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. Gauge is determined from the weight of a solid sphere of lead that will fit the bore of the firearm, and is expressed as the multiplicative inverse of the sphere's weight as a fraction of a pound (e.g. ...
- In engineering, a gauge or gage, is used to make measurements. Various types of gauges include: *A Bore gauge, a device used for measuring holes. *A caliper, a device used to measure the distance between two opposing sides of an object. ...
