Hyphenation of GAUGES

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GAUGES

Definitions of GAUGES:

1.
A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
2.
Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
3.
The distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
4.
The thickness of wire
5.
Diameter of a tube or gun barrel
6.
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
7.
Rub to a uniform size
Gauge bricks
8.
Determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
Gauge the wine barrels
9.
Measure precisely and against a standard
The wire is gauged
10.
Adapt to a specified measurement
Gauge the instruments
11.
Mix in specific proportions
Gauge plaster

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