gauge
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge.Examples: "It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge."abbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisuncountable
2. (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge.abbreviationalt-ofcountableellipsisuncountable
3. (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.countableuncountable
4. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.countableuncountable
5. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.Examples: "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."countableuncountable
6. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.countableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.transitive
2. (transitive) To estimate.transitive
3. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.Examples: "You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night."transitive
4. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.transitive
5. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.transitive
6. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary