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Gauge

noun

1.

A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.. Synonym: gage.

2.

Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared. Synonym: standard of measurement.

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. Synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre.

verb

(past & past part. gauged; pres. part. gauging) (Written also gage)

1.

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). Synonyms: approximate, estimate, guess, judge.

2.

Rub to a uniform size.

3.

Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation.

4.

Measure precisely and against a standard.

5.

Adapt to a specified measurement.

6.

Mix in specific proportions.

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... parts of the sea: the poles also may find their Columbus. But the limits of that other ocean, the laws of its tides, the motive of its forces, the mystery of its unity and the secret of its change, no seafarer of us all may ever think thoroughly to know. No wind-gauge will help us to the science of its storms, no lead- line sound for us the depth of ...

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