Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of gauge is as below...

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

Hydrometer :: Hydrometer (n.) An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge..

Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg..

Audiometer :: Audiometer (n.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.

Gager :: Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.

Anemometer :: Anemometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge.

Recording :: Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph..

Pluviometer :: Pluviometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.

Gauged :: Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge..

Gaugeable :: Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.

"""broad Gauge " :: Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the standard gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge..

Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock..

Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of..

Size :: Size (n.) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls..

Index :: Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist..

Water Gauge :: Water gauge () A wall or bank to hold water back.

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) 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..

Random Fonts

Most Popular