English-Thai Dictionary

gauge

N มาตรวัด  เครื่องวัด  measure scale mad-wad

 

gauge

VT วัด ด้วย มาตรวัด  เครื่องวัด  ประเมิน  ตัดสิน  weigh calculate judge estimate wad-duai-mad-wad kreang-wad

 

gauger

N อุปกรณ์ วัด  ผู้ วัด ประเมิ ณ  gager

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAUGE

v.t.gage. 1. To measure or to ascertain the contents of a cask or vessel, as a pipe, puncheon, hogshead, barrel, tierce or keg.
2. To measure in respect to proportion.
The vanes nicely gauged on each side--

 

GAUGE

n.gage. A measure; a standard of measure. 1. Measure; dimensions.

 

GAUGED

pp. Measured.

 

GAUGER

n.One who gauges; an officer whose business is to ascertain the contents of casks.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAUGE

Gauge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gauged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gauging ] Etym: [OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a thing (see Qualify ); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring stake in surveying, and E. gallon. ] [Written also gage. ]

 

1. To measure or determine with a gauge.

 

2. To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg.

 

3. (Mech. )

 

Defn: To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. The vanes nicely gauged on each side. Derham.

 

4. To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment.

 

5. To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. You shall not gauge me By what we do to-night. Shak.

 

GAUGE

Gauge, n. Etym: [Written also gage. ]

 

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. Moxon.There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. I. Taylor.

 

2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. Burke.

 

3. (Mach. & Manuf.)

 

Defn: Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge.

 

4. (Physics )

 

Defn: Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.

 

5. (Naut. ) (a ) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, 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. (b ) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. Totten.

 

6. The distance between the rails of a railway.

 

Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches.

 

7. (Plastering )

 

Defn: The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.

 

8. (Building )

 

Defn: 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. Gauge of a carriage, car, etc. , the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the track. -- Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. -- Gauge concussion (Railroads ), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. -- Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge. -- Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. -- Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. -- Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. -- Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. Knight. -- Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc. , by means of a templet. -- Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. -- Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. -- Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. -- Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. -- Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. -- Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. -- Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. -- Sliding gauge. (Mach. ) (a ) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b ) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c ) (Railroads ) See Note under Gauge, n., 5. -- Star gauge (Ordnance ), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. -- Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. -- Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. -- Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. -- Water gauge. (a ) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b ) The height of the water in the boiler. -- Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. -- Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire.

 

GAUGEABLE

GAUGEABLE Gauge "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being gauged.

 

GAUGED

GAUGED Gauged, p. a.

 

Defn: Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. Gauged brick, brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. -- Gauged mortar. See Gauge stuff, under Gauge, n.

 

GAUGER

GAUGER Gau "ger, n.

 

Defn: One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.

 

GAUGER-SHIP

GAUGER-SHIP Gau "ger-ship, n.

 

Defn: The office of a gauger.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gauge

gauge |gāj ɡeɪʤ |(chiefly technical also gage ) ▶noun 1 an instrument or device for measuring the magnitude, amount, or contents of something, typically with a visual display of such information. • a tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension. • a means of estimating something; a criterion or test: emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease. 2 the thickness, size, or capacity of something, esp. as a standard measure, in particular: • the diameter of a string, fiber, tube, etc.: [ as modifier ] : a fine 0.018 -inch gauge wire. • [ in combination ] a measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 pound (454 g ) of lead: [ as modifier ] : a 12 -gauge shotgun. • [ in combination ] the thickness of sheet metal or plastic: [ as modifier ] : 500 -gauge polyethylene. • the distance between the rails of a line of railroad track: the line was laid to a gauge of 2 ft. 9 in. 3 (usu. the gage ) Nautical, historical the position of a sailing vessel to windward (weather gage ) or leeward (lee gage ) of another. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 estimate or determine the magnitude, amount, or volume of: astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness. • form a judgment or estimate of (a situation, mood, etc. ): she is unable to gauge his mood. 2 measure the dimensions of (an object ) with a gauge: when dry, the assemblies can be gauged exactly and planed to width. • (as adj. gauged ) made in standard dimensions: gauged sets of strings. DERIVATIVES gauge a ble adjective, gaug er noun ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a standard measure ): from Old French gauge (noun ), gauger (verb ), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun ), jauger (verb ), of unknown origin.

 

gauge pressure

gauge pres |sure ▶noun Engineering the amount by which the pressure measured in a fluid exceeds that of the atmosphere.

 

gauge theory

gauge the o ry ▶noun Physics a quantum theory using mathematical functions to describe subatomic interactions in terms of particles that are not directly detectable.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gauge

gauge |geɪdʒ |(chiefly US also gage ) ▶noun 1 an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something: a fuel gauge. • a tool for checking whether something conforms to a desired dimension. • a means of estimating something: emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease. 2 the thickness, size, or capacity of something, especially as a standard measure, in particular: • the diameter of a wire, fibre, tube, etc.: [ as modifier ] : a fine 0.018 -inch gauge wire. • [ in combination ] a measure of the diameter of a gun barrel, or of its ammunition, expressed as the number of spherical pieces of shot of the same diameter as the barrel that can be made from 1 lb (454 g ) of lead: [ as modifier ] : a 12 -gauge shotgun. • [ in combination ] the thickness of sheet metal or plastic: [ as modifier ] : 500 -gauge polythene. • the distance between the rails of a line of railway track: the line was laid to a gauge of 2 ft 9 ins. 3 Nautical, archaic the position of a sailing ship to windward (the weather gage ) or leeward (the lee gage ) of another. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 estimate or determine the amount, level, or volume of: astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness. • judge or assess (a situation, mood, etc. ): she was unable to gauge his mood. 2 measure the dimensions of (an object ) with a gauge: when dry the assemblies can be gauged exactly. • (as adj. gauged ) made in standard dimensions: gauged sets of strings. DERIVATIVES gaugeable adjective, gauger noun ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a standard measure ): from Old French gauge (noun ), gauger (verb ), variant of Old Northern French jauge (noun ), jauger (verb ), of unknown origin.

 

gauge pressure

gauge pres |sure ▶noun Engineering the amount by which the pressure measured in a fluid exceeds that of the atmosphere.

 

gauge theory

gauge the ¦ory ▶noun Physics a quantum theory using mathematical functions to describe subatomic interactions in terms of particles that are not directly detectable.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gauge

gauge noun 1 the temperature gauge: measuring device, measuring instrument, meter, measure; indicator, dial, scale, display. 2 exports are an important gauge of economic activity: measure, indicator, barometer, point of reference, guide, guideline, touchstone, yardstick, benchmark, criterion, test, litmus test. 3 guitar strings of a different gauge: size, diameter, thickness, width, breadth; measure, capacity, magnitude; bore, caliber. ▶verb 1 astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness: measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain; count, weigh, quantify, put a figure on, pin down. 2 it is difficult to gauge how effective the ban was: assess, evaluate, determine, estimate, form an opinion of, appraise, get the measure of, judge, guess; informal guesstimate, size up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gauge

gauge noun 1 she checked the temperature gauge: measuring instrument, measuring device, meter, measure; indicator, dial, scale, index, display. 2 exports are an important gauge of economic activity: measure, indicator, barometer, basis, standard, point of reference, guide, guideline, touchstone, yardstick, benchmark, criterion, example, model, pattern, formula, exemplar, sample, test, litmus test. 3 the railway has a track gauge of two feet: size, measure, extent, degree, scope, capacity, magnitude; width, breadth, area, thickness, span, depth, height; bore, calibre, diameter. ▶verb 1 astronomers can gauge the star's intrinsic brightness: measure, calculate, compute, work out, determine, ascertain; count, weigh, quantify, put a figure on. 2 it is difficult to gauge how effective the ban was: assess, evaluate, appraise, analyse, weigh up, get the measure of, judge, adjudge, rate, reckon, determine, estimate, guess; form an opinion of, form an impression of, make up one's mind about; informal guesstimate, size up.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gauge

Gauge Substantiv, Neutrum , das |geɪdʒ |das Gauge; Genitiv: des Gauge französisch -englisch in der Strumpffabrikation Maß zur Angabe der Maschenzahl und damit zur Feinheit des Erzeugnisses Abkürzung: gg

 

French Dictionary

gauge

gauge FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour jauge .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gauge

gauge ｟米 ｠gage /ɡeɪdʒ / (! -au-は /eɪ /) 〖語源は 「計測用のさお 」〗名詞 複 gauges, gages /-ɪz /1 C 〖しばしばa … ～〗測定器 , …計 ▸ read pressure [fuel, rain ] gauges 圧力計 [燃料メーター, 雨量計 ]を読みとる 2 C (寸法の )規格 (!針金 ねじの太さ [径 ], 金属板の厚さなどを示す ) ▸ (a ) 14 gauge wire 14番の針金 3 C U a. 〘鉄道 〙(鉄道 )線路の幅, 軌間 ▸ the standard [broad, narrow ] gauge 標準 [広, 狭 ]軌 .b. (車両の )両輪間の距離 .4 C (散弾銃の )口径値 ▸ a 12 -gauge shotgun 12口径の散弾銃 5 U 容積, 程度, 範囲 ;C 推定手段, 試験 .6 C 〖通例単数形で 〗(判断 評価の )基準, 尺度 ▸ a realistic gauge of progress 進歩をはかる現実的尺度 7 U C 〘海 〙(風向きを基準とする )他船に対する自船の位置 ; 満載喫水 (!｟英 ｠ではgage ) ▸ have the weather [lee ] gauge of A 〈船が 〉A 〈ほかの船 〉に対し風上 [風下 ]にある, ｟比喩的に ｠〈人が 〉A 〈人 〉より有利 [不利 ]な立場にある .8 C ゲージ 〘編み目の細かさの単位 〙.9 U 〘建 〙急固量 〘凝固を早めるため漆喰 （しっくい ）に入れる焼石膏 （せっこう ）の量 〙; ふき足 〘ふいた瓦 （かわら ）などの, 重ならず露出する長さ 〙.10 C 〘印 〙(組版の寸法を決める )ゲージ .t à ke the g á uge of A Aを測る, 見積もる ; 評価する .動詞 他動詞 1 〈気質 行動 状況など 〉を慎重に判断する, 推し測る ;〖～ wh節 〗…かを判断する ▸ gauge her reaction [feelings ]彼女の反応 [気持ち ]を推し測る 2 (計器で )…を 正確に計測 [算定 ]する ▸ It's difficult to gauge how strong the aroma is .その香りの強さを測定するのは難しい 3 …を一定の様式に従わせる, 標準の寸法 [形状 ]に合わせる .g á uge a ble 形容詞