gauge

Definitions

• A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
• An act of measuring.
• An estimate.
• Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
• A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
• (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
• (mathematics) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
• (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
• (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
• (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
• (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
• 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.
• (firearms) 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.
• (US) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
• A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.