Definition of gauge

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Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of..

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Gage :: Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n..
Water Gauge :: Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge..
Gauged :: Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge..
Water Gage :: Water gage () See Water gauge.
Gauged :: Gauged (imp. & p. p.) of Gaug.
Index :: Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist..
Audiometer :: Audiometer (n.) An instrument by which the power of hearing can be gauged and recorded on a scale.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge..
Surveyor :: Surveyor (n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) 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..
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.
Gauging Rod :: Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n..
Gauge :: Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment..
Gage :: Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing the working of a machine or moving part.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard..
Hydrometer :: Hydrometer (n.) An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge..
Gager :: Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.
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