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Gauge

noun

1.

A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.. Synonym: gage.

2.

Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared. Synonym: standard of measurement.

3.

The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train.

4.

The thickness of wire.

5.

Diameter of a tube or gun barrel. Synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre.

verb

(past & past part. gauged; pres. part. gauging) (Written also gage)

1.

Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). Synonyms: approximate, estimate, guess, judge.

2.

Rub to a uniform size.

3.

Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation.

4.

Measure precisely and against a standard.

5.

Adapt to a specified measurement.

6.

Mix in specific proportions.

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... inscrutably eyeing each other at close quarters. "Hello, Bubby! Whar's yer tongue? Cat got it?" he asked in a grandfatherly fashion, while the other men looked on, grim and anxious, at this effort to gauge the mentality of the child and their consequent ...

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