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Alternative spellings
gage obsolete

Pronunciation
AHD|g�j
IPA|ɡeɪd�
SAMPA|geIdZ
audio|en-us-gauge.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd�|-eɪd�

Noun
en-noun

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard; an act of measuring.

#* 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. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
2. The distance between the rails of a railway.
3. context|mathematics|analysis A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

Translations
trans-top|A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard; an act of measuring
Finnish: mitta
Portuguese: t|pt|medida|f
trans-mid
Swedish: mått
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trans-top|Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge
Finnish: mittari
trans-mid
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trans-top|The distance between the rails of a railway
Finnish: raideleveys
trans-mid
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trans-top|A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space
Finnish: puolinormi
trans-mid
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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

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb|gaug|ing

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

Translations
Finnish: mitata

References
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• 2007-12-13 13:12 - Marcot - /* Noun */ Portuguese

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