Portuguese Meaning of gauge

calibre

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Definitions and Meaning of gauge in English

Wordnet

gauge (n)

a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared

the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train

the thickness of wire

diameter of a tube or gun barrel

Wordnet

gauge (v)

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

rub to a uniform size

determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation

measure precisely and against a standard

adapt to a specified measurement

mix in specific proportions

Webster

gauge (v. t.)

To measure or determine with a gauge.

To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock.

To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.

To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.

Webster

gauge (n.)

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.

Measure; dimensions; estimate.

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.

Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

The distance between the rails of a railway.

The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

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calibre

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