gauge

Noun

gauge (plural gauges)

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
3. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker"s gauge.
4. 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.
5. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, 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.
6. The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
7. The distance between the rails of a railway.
8. The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
9. 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.
10. (analysis) a semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

5 letters in word "gauge": A E G G U.

No anagrams for gauge found in this word list.

Words found within gauge:

ae ag age ague ea eau egg gae gag gage gau gu gue guga ug

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