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▸ noun: An act of measuring.
▸ noun: An estimate.
▸ noun: Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
▸ noun: A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
▸ noun: (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
▸ noun: (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
▸ noun: (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
▸ noun: (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
▸ noun: (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
▸ noun: A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
▸ noun: (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
▸ verb: (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To estimate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
▸ verb: (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
▸ verb: (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
▸ verb: (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
▸ noun: A male given name
▸ noun: (rail transport) Ellipsis of track gauge. [(rail transport) The specified distance between the rails of a railway.]
▸ noun: (rail transport) Ellipsis of loading gauge. [(rail transport, UK) The maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.]
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speedometer,
tachometer,
thermometer,
barometer,
anemometer,
altimeter,
hydrometer,
burette,
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