Gauge

Noun

 * 1) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
 * 2) * 2007. Zerzan, John.  Silence.  p. 2.
 * The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.
 * 1) An act of measuring.
 * 2) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
 * 3) A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
 * 4) The distance between the rails of a railway.
 * 5)  A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

Verb

 * 1)  To measure or determine usually with a gauge; to measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of.

Verbs for Gauge
adjust—; affect—; apply—; attach—; devise—; employ—; examine—; refer to—; test—; —advances; —ascertains; —deter¬mines; —fluctuates; —limits; —marks; — measures; —mounts; —notes; —records; —-registers; —safeguards; —warns.

Adverbs for Gauge
accurately; scientifically; correctly; skillfully; professionally; logically; mentally.

Synonyms for Gauge
measure, size, caliber, diameter, thickness, template, norm, standard, criterion, evaluation, calculation.

Antonyms for Gauge
guess, hazard, estimate.

Thesaurus
Johansson block, T square, adjust, amount, amplitude, appraise, appreciate, area, assay, assess, barometer, basis, benchmark, bigness, body, breadth, bulk, calculate, caliber, calibrate, caliper, calipers, call, canon, capacity, catalog, categorize, chain, check, check a parameter, class, classify, compass, compute, coverage, criterion, degree, depth, determine, dial, diameter, dimension, dimensions, dipstick, divide, dividers, enlarge, estimate, evaluate, example, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, factor, fathom, feeler gauge, figure, foot rule, form an estimate, gage, gauge block, gauger, girth, give an appreciation, goniometer, grade, gradiometer, graduate, graduated scale, greatness, group, guess, guide, guideline, height, identify, instrument, judge, largeness, length, level, limit, line, litmus test, log, log line, magnitude, make an estimation, mark, mass, match, measure, measurement, measurer, mensurate, mete, meter, meterstick, micrometer, model, norm, octant, pace, parameter, pattern, plumb, plumb rule, prize, probe, proportion, proportions, protractor, quadrant, quantify, quantity, quantize, radius, range, rank, rate, reach, reading, readout, reckon, rod, rule, ruler, scale, scope, sector, set square, sextant, sift, size, size up, sort, sort out, sound, span, spirit level, spread, square, standard, step, survey, take a reading, tape, tape measure, tapeline, test, theodolite, thrash out, touchstone, transit, transit theodolite, triangulate, try square, type, valuate, value, vernier, vernier caliper, volume, weigh, width, winnow, yardstick

Alternative forms

 * gage

Etymology
From gaugen:, from  gauger: (Modern  jauger:), from gauge:, of  origin, from Old Low  *undefined:, from, from. Cognate with galgo:,  galga:,  gealga:,  galgi:,  gelgja:.

Noun

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Derived terms

 * broad gauge
 * Coulomb gauge
 * gauge boson
 * gauge field
 * gauge theory
 * lattice gauge theory
 * Lorentz gauge
 * narrow gauge
 * quantum gauge theory
 * rail gauge
 * standard gauge
 * Weyl gauge

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