gage
noun/ɡeɪdʒ/
/ɡeɪdʒ/
(US English) (also gauge British and North American English)
- (often in compounds) an instrument for measuring the amount or level of something
- a fuel/pressure/temperature gage
- a measurement of how wide or thick something is
- What gage of wire do we need?
- (also bore especially in British English)a measurement of how wide the barrel of a gun is
- a 12-gage shotgun
- the distance between the rails of a railway track or the wheels of a trainTopics Transport by bus and trainc2
- [usually singular] gage (of something) a fact or an event that can be used to estimate or judge something
- This company is seen as a gage of the country's industrial well-being.
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