From en.wiktionary.org:
[Gauge]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], from [en], [en] [fro] (compare Modern [fr] from [fro]), from
[fro], from [en], from [en], from [en], [ine-pro]. Cognate with [goh], [ofs],
[ang], [non], [non]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [gāj]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. A measure ; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
2. * 1780 , [Edmund Burke] , _speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol_
3. *: the GAUGE and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
4. * [en]
5. An act of measuring.
6. An estimate .
7. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
8. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
9. [en] [en] .
10. * [en]
11. [en] [en] .
12. [en] A semi-norm ; a function that assign s a non-negative size to all vector s in a vector space .
13. [en] The number of stitch es per inch , centimetre , or other unit of distance.
14. [en] Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
15. [en] The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
16. [en] The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
17. 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.
18. [en] A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
19. [en] A shotgun ( synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
20. * [en]
21. * [en]
22. * [en]
23. A tunnel -like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe .
24. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2013 | author=Destiny Patterson; Samantha Beckworth; Jennifer Proctor | title=Arose | page=150
|passage=Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the
girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown
hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing GAUGES and many other ear
piercings and a tattoo [...]}}
1. [en] Cannabis .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1971 | journal=Black Creation | volume=3-6 | page=53
|passage=[...] smoking GAUGE was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up
after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright
colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2000 | author=Cynthia Palmer; Michael Horowitz | title=Sisters of the Extreme
|passage=When we settled, he said, “You've been smoking GAUGE, haven't you?”}}
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en|title=Terms derived from _gauge_ (noun)|1 gauge |2 gauge |alarm
gauge |American gauge |American wire gauge |Birmingham gauge |Birmingham wire
gauge |break of gauge |break-of-gauge station |broad gauge |broad-gauge
|Coulomb gauge |cream gauge |crusher gauge |depth gauge |dial gauge |downgauge
|feeler gauge |Freycinet gauge |fuel gauge |gas gauge |gauge block |gauge
boson |gauge cock |gauge field |gauge ghost |gauge glass |gaugelike |gaugeon
|gauge pressure |gauge-restricted |gauge theory |gaugino |gyrogauge |Johansson
gauge |lattice gauge theory |lee gauge |line gauge |liquor gauge |loading
gauge |Lorentz gauge |Lorenz gauge |marking gauge |McLeod gauge |metre-gauge
|metre gauge,meter gauge |mixed gauge |multigauge |narrow gauge |narrow-gauge
|out of gauge |paper gauge |pear gauge |Penning gauge |perforation gauge
|Pirani gauge |pressure gauge |quantum gauge theory |rail gauge |rain gauge
|ring gauge |rubber gauge |Russian gauge |standard gauge |star gauge |steam
gauge |strain gauge |stream gauge |supergauge |tide gauge |tire gauge
|tire-pressure gauge |tyre gauge |tyre-pressure gauge |vacuum gauge |varigauge
|water gauge |weather gauge |Weyl gauge |wind gauge }}
**** Translations
[a measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions,
distance, or capacity; a standard]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or
forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Norwegian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Uyghur: [ug]
[trans-bottom]
[track gauge]
[loading gauge]
[a semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a
vector space]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
2. [en] To estimate .
3. [en] To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
4. * [II]
5. [en] To draw into equidistant gather s by running a thread through it.
6. [en] To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris .
7. [en] To chip , hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|gaugeable |misgauge |regauge |ungauged }}
**** Translations
[measure]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to appraise the character of]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to chip to standard shape]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: zurichten
[trans-bottom]
[to estimate]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [disused] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** See also
- [en] < !-- similar sound/spelling -->
- [en] < !-- similar sound/spelling -->
*** References
- [R:Webster 1913]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm], from [enm], from [enm]. [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[enm]
1. A customary measurement or scale .
**** Related terms
- [enm]
- [enm]
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
**** References
- [entry=gauǧe ]
[enm]
** Old French
*** Noun
[f]
1. [fro]