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/stˈændərd geɪdʒ/ Listen

adjective

Standard adj.

Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.

Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

(Hort.)

(a)

Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

(b)

Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and Gauge.

Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution, under Solution.

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Etymology of 'Standard gauge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Standard gauge" Quotes from Famous Books

... railways, both in North and South America, which have adopted the 4 ft. 8-1/2 ins. gauge, the standard gauge of the Argentine Republic is the Irish one of 5 ft. 3 ins., and the reason of this is rather singular. In 1855, during the Crimean War, a short railway was laid down from Balaclava to the British lines. ...

— Here, There And Everywhere • Lord Frederic Hamilton