Definition of gauge

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Gauge (n.) 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..

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Gaugeable :: Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.
Tagger :: Tagger (n.) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.
Water Gauge :: Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge..
Norma :: Norma (n.) A templet or gauge.
Ombrometer :: Ombrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rain that falls; a rain gauge.
Former :: Former (n.) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Taxer :: Taxer (n.) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed..
Piezometer :: Piezometer (n.) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.
Sea Gauge :: Sea gauge () See under Gauge, n..
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..
Gauged :: Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge..
Gager :: Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.
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..
Gage :: Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n..
"""broad Gauge " :: Broad gauge () A wider distance between the rails than the standard gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See Gauge..
Pluviometer :: Pluviometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
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..
Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.
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