gauge

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

gaugesgage

1.
(countable, uncountable)A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
2.
(countable, uncountable)An act of measuring.
3.
(countable, uncountable)An estimate.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
5.
(countable, uncountable)A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
6.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)(rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.
7.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)(rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.
8.
(countable, uncountable)(mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
9.
(countable, uncountable)(knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
10.
(countable, uncountable)(nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
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.
11.
(countable, uncountable)(nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
12.
(countable, uncountable)(plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

gauges

V_ing/Gerund

gauging

V_ed/pp

gaugedgage

1.
(transitive)To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
2.
(transitive)To estimate.
3.
(transitive)To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
4.
(transitive)(textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
5.
(transitive)To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
6.
(transitive)To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

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ear gauge

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gage gouge

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from -, - gauger (compare Modern jauger from jaugier), from gauge (gauging rod), from *galgā (measuring rod, pole), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (pole, stake, cross), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (perch, long switch). Cognate with galgo, galga, ġealga, galgi, gelgja. gallows.