An instrument used to measure magnitude or position; gages may be used to measure the elevation of water surface, the velocity of flowing water, the pressure of water, the amount of intensity of precipitation, the depth of snowfall, and so on The act or operation of registering or measuring magnitude or position The operation, including both field and office work, of measuring the discharge of a stream of water in a waterway (Rice (1991))
A standard SAE designation of wire sizes, expressed in AWG (American Wire Gage) The larger the gage number, the smaller the wire
A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance
A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc
The thickness of the back of a saw band, expressed in thousandths of an in See Set, Kerf, and Side Clearance
The physical diameter of a wire A standard for expressing wire diameter As the AWG number gets smaller, the wire diameter gets larger
A term used to designate the physical size of a wire or strand Some definitions specify Gage as a size designation and Gauge as a measuring device (such as pressure gauge) These terms are often used interchangeably
(1) A device for indicating the magnitude or position of a thing in specific units, when such magnitude or position undergoes change, for example: The elevation of a water surface, the velocity of flowing water, the pressure of water, the amount or intensity of precipitation, the depth of snowfall, etc (2) The act or operation of registering or measuring the magnitude or position of a thing when these characteristics are undergoing change (3) The operation, including both field and office work, of measuring the discharge of a stream of water in a waterway