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| 1. |
A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. |
| 2. |
Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared |
| 3. |
The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train |
| 4. |
The thickness of wire |
| 5. |
Diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
| 6. |
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds |
| 7. |
Rub to a uniform size Gauge bricks |
| 8. |
Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation Gauge the wine barrels |
| 9. |
Measure precisely and against a standard The wire is gauged |
| 10. |
Adapt to a specified measurement Gauge the instruments |
| 11. |
Mix in specific proportions Gauge plaster |
| noun | gage, measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
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| noun | standard of measurement, standard, criterion, measure, touchstone |
| noun | distance, length |
| noun | thickness |
| noun | bore, caliber, calibre, diameter, diam |
| verb | estimate, approximate, guess, judge, calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure |
| verb | rub |
| verb | determine, find, find out, ascertain |
| verb | quantify, measure |
| verb | standardize, standardise |
| verb | blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge |