gauge

n. அளவெல்லை, தரமதிப்பு, மதிப்பீடு, மதிப்பீட்டு வகைமுறை அமைவு, தேர்வு வகைதுறை அமைவு, தேர்வு மூல அளவை, கட்டளை அளவை, முகத்தற் படியளவை, குண்டின் விட்ட அளவு, வெடிக்குழாயின் உள்வாய்த் தரஅளவு, இருப்புத்தகட்டின் திட்ப வரையளவு, கம்பிகளின் குறுக்குவிட்ட அளவு, இருப்பூர்திப் பாதையின் அகலத்தரம், கட்டளைக்கிசையச் சரிசெய்யும் வகை முறை, பதிவளவைக்கருவி, மழையளவு வீதத்தையும் காற்றோட்ட நீறோட்ட வேலை ஏற்ற இறக்க வேக ஆற்றல்களையும் அளந்து பதிவு செய்து காட்டும் நுண்ணளவைப் படிகள் குறித்த கருவிகளில் ஒன்று, தச்சரின் இணைதளச் சறுக்குச் சறுக்குச் சட்டக் கருவி, அச்சகத் துறையில் ஒர ஒழுங்குமுறைச் சறுக்குச்சட்டக் கருவி, கொள் கல நீர்ம ஆழங் காட்டும் அமைவு, திசைத் தொடர்புநிலை,காற்றோட்டம் பிற கப்பல்கள் ஆகியவற்றின் நிலைக்குத் தொடர்பான கப்பலின் சார்பமைவுநிலை, (வினை) சரிநுட்பமாக அளவை மதிப்பெடு, அளவிட்டுக் காண், ஆழக்கோலால் அளவையிட்டுக் கணிந்து நீர்மப்பரும அளவு காண், ஆழக்கோலால் அளவையிட்டுக் கணித்து நீர்மப்பரும அளவு காண், ஆழக்கோலால் அளவையிட்டுக் கணித்து நீர்மப்பரும அளவு காண், ஆளின்பண்பாற்றல்களை மதிப்பிட்டறி, ஒருநிலைப்பட வரிசைப்படுத்து, கட்டளைத்தரப்படுத்து, கட்டளையுல்ன் சரிசெய்.

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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, 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.