gauges

Noun

gauge (countable and uncountable, plural gauges)

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
   • the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
2. An act of measuring.
3. An estimate.
4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size.
6. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

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