gauge

sostantivo

1. 1

   A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

   1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt

   The record of philosophy vis-à-vis silence is generally dismal, as good a gauge as any to its overall failure.

2. 2

   An act of measuring.

3. 3

   An estimate.

4. 4

   Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

5. 5

   A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.

6. 6

   A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

7. 7

   The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.

8. 8

   Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.

   A vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.

9. 9

   The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

10. 10

    The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.

11. 11

    That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.

12. 12

    A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.

13. 13

    gergoA shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).

    I'm talking about cocking a gauge in between your eyes.

    I'm tryin to find ways to cope / But I ain't fuckin' round with the gauge or a rope

    It happens everyday don't make me grab the gauge / Dangerously I play, I best to kill with the gauge / And put ya body in the back of that grey Chevrolet

14. 14

    A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.

    Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]

15. 15

    gergoCannabis.

    […] smoking gauge was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. […]

    When we settled, he said, “You've been smoking gauge, haven't you?”

16. 16

    Variante di track gaugeEllipsis of track gauge.

    It was Locke who concisely won the argument for a standardised gauge of 4ft 8½ inches over Brunel's 7ft 0 ¼in preference. […] Today, over 60% of the world's railways use that gauge.

17. 17

    Variante di loading gaugeEllipsis of loading gauge.

verbo

1. 1

   To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

2. 2

   To estimate.

3. 3

   To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.

   You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.

4. 4

   To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.

5. 5

   To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.

6. 6

   To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

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