:to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
:to appraise, estimate, or judge.
:to make conformable to a standard.
:to mark or measure off; delineate.
:to prepare or mix with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar.
:to chip or rub to a uniform size or shape.
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:a standard of measure or measurement.
:a standard dimension, size, or quantity.
:any device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, especially for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy: pressure gauge; marking gauge.
For either product, “be sure to check the pressure gauges every month to ensure the extinguishers are still good or are fully charged,” Berliet says.
Fund managers and Wall Street analysts see the volatility gauge as a helpful tool to measure investor risk appetite.
More than $2 trillion has been wiped from the value of American equities this week and Wall Street’s fear gauge spiked to the highest in four months.
One way we at The Washington Post look at these polls is by averaging the highest-quality ones, which gives us a gauge of candidates’ support both nationally and in contested states.
That, in turn, offers a gauge of how much of an antibody is present.
Its biggest success so far, gauging by buzz more than anything else, has been The Awesomes, an animated series from Seth Meyers.
This tour, gauging by this video, looks to be a more…intense experience than that.
Gauging the exact level and nature of Russian interference inside Odessa is difficult.
Here, a guide to gauging the risks and payoffs of kill-or-capture operations.
Lauren Ashburn on how gauging the impact of a convention speech depends on where you sit.
His eyes were again fixed upon her as though gauging accurately the extent of his influence upon her.
I am seldom wrong in gauging character; these are his vital spots, and they are of the essence of this matter.
a means of estimating or judging; criterion; test.
:extent; scope; capacity: trying to determine the gauge of his own strength.
:Ordnance. a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound: a twelve-gauge shotgun.
:Railroads. the distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track, usually 4 feet 8.5 inches , but sometimes more and sometimes less .
:the distance between a pair of wheels on an axle.
:the thickness or diameter of various, usually thin, objects, as the thickness of sheet metal or the diameter of a wire or screw.
:the fineness of a knitted fabric as expressed in loops per every 1.5 inches: 15 denier, 60 gauge stockings.
:Nautical. the position of one vessel as being to the windward or to the leeward of another vessel on an approximately parallel course.
:Building Trades. the portion of the length of a slate, tile, etc., left exposed when laid in place.
:the amount of plaster of Paris mixed with mortar or common plaster to hasten the set.