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geɪdʒ/
n.
- an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.
- the thickness, size, or capacity of a wire, sheet, tube, bullet, etc., especially as a standard measure.
- the distance between the rails of a line of railway track.
- Nautical, archaic the position of a sailing vessel to windward (the weather gage) or leeward (the lee gage) of another.
v.
- estimate or determine the amount or level of.
▸judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc.).
- measure the dimensions of with a gauge.
▸
[as adj. gauged]
made in standard dimensions.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. gauge (n.), gauger (v.), var. of Old North. Fr. jauge, jauger, of unknown origin.