verb (used with object), gauged, gaug·ing.
- gaudí i cornet,
- gaudí i cornet, antonio,
- gauge boson,
- gauge theory,
- gauguin, paul
Origin of gauge
Examples from the Web for gauges
That oil used in manufacturing the gauges had not been flushed out, and a residue remained.
There are three of these gauges on each Airbus, called pitot tubes.
All principal parts of engine accurately fitted to gauges and thoroughly interchangeable.Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives|M. Baird, et. al..
You must remember that in high-class workmanship these gauges are constantly being used.The Romance of Modern Mechanism|Archibald Williams
McGraw laid his bar over, and, like one putting his house in order, looked at his gauges and tried his valves.The Daughter of a Magnate|Frank H. Spearman
Tom sat in front of the control panel, his eyes sweeping the gauges and dials and at last fixing on the master acceleration lever.On the Trail of the Space Pirates|Carey Rockwell
For the first time in twenty years, the gauges were examined.Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers!|Warner Van Lorne
Word Origin for gauge
"ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c., from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c.), from Old North French gauger (Old French jauger), from gauge "gauging rod," perhaps from Frankish *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" or another Germanic source (cf. Old Norse gelgja "pole, perch," Old High German galgo; see gallows). Related: Gauged; gauging. The figurative use is from 1580s.
"fixed standard of measure," early 15c. (surname Gageman is early 14c.), from Old North French gauge "gauging rod" (see gauge (v.)). Meaning "instrument for measuring" is from 1680s.