gauge

Etymology
From, , from ,  (compare Modern 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬), from , from , from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. .

Noun

 * 1) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
 * 2) * 1780,, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
 * the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
 * 1) An act of measuring.
 * 2) An estimate.
 * 3) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
 * 4) A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
 * 5)  A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
 * 6)  The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
 * 7)  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.
 * 1)  The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
 * 2)  The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
 * 6) A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
 * 7)  Cannabis.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
 * 3) A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
 * 4)  Cannabis.
 * 1) A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
 * 2)  Cannabis.
 * 1)  Cannabis.
 * 1)  Cannabis.
 * 1)  Cannabis.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 標準尺寸, 標準規格
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ზომა, ოდენობა,, გაბარიტი, კალიბრი
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:, , strumento di misura
 * Latvian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: mål
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: измерителен уред
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: საზომი ხელსაწყო, მზომი, ეტალონი, კრიტერიუმი, საზომი, ყალიბი
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 계량기
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: måler
 * Nynorsk: målar
 * Plautdietsch: Tala
 * Polish: przyrząd pomiarowy,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: измери́тельный прибо́р,, , , ,
 * Spanish: medidor
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pansukod
 * Uyghur: ئۆلچىگۈچ


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, puolinormi
 * Georgian: ზომა
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: seminorma
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
 * 2)  To estimate.
 * 3)  To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
 * 4)  To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
 * 5)  To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
 * 6)  To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
 * 1)  To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

Translations

 * Danish: måle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაზომვა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽
 * Polish:, dokonywać pomiaru
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: tomhais
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * French: ,
 * Georgian: შეფასება
 * Russian: ,


 * Galician: galgar
 * German: zurichten

Etymology
From, from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) A customary measurement or scale.