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broad gauge
US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(brôd′gāj′)
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026broad′ gauge′, [Railroads.]
- Rail TransportSee under gauge (def. 13).
Also,[esp. in technical use,] broad′ gage′.
broad-gauge
(brôd′gāj′),USA pronunciation adj.
- Rail Transportof or pertaining to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge:broad-gauge rolling stock.
- of wide scope, application, or experience:broad-gauge efforts to improve the health of our citizens.
Also, broad-gauged.
- 1835–45, for an earlier sense
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
broad gauge n - a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 56
adj - of, relating to, or denoting a railway having this track
gauge /geɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
v., gauged, gaug•ing, n. v. [~ + object]
- to figure out or determine the exact dimensions, size, quantity, or force of;
measure:to gauge the thickness of a wall.
- to estimate:He tried to gauge the reaction of the crowd.
n. [countable]
- Weights and Measuresan instrument for measuring or testing something:a pressure gauge.
- a means of estimating or judging;
criterion:used opinion polls as a gauge of his popularity.
- Militarya unit of measure of the inner diameter of a shotgun barrel, equal to the number of lead bullets of such diameter required to make one pound:a twelve-gauge shotgun.
- Rail Transportthe distance between the rails in a railroad track.
- Buildingthe thickness of various, usually thin, objects, as sheet metal or wire.
Also,[esp. in technical use,] gage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026gauge
(gāj),USA pronunciation v., gauged, gaug•ing, n. v.t. - to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of;
measure.
- to appraise, estimate, or judge.
- to make conformable to a standard.
- to mark or measure off;
delineate.
- Buildingto prepare or mix (plaster) with a definite proportion of plaster of Paris and mortar.
- Buildingto chip or rub (bricks or stones) to a uniform size or shape.
n. - Weights and Measuresa standard of measure or measurement.
- Weights and Measuresa standard dimension, size, or quantity.
- Weights and Measuresany device or instrument for measuring, registering measurements, or testing something, esp. for measuring a dimension, quantity, or mechanical accuracy:pressure gauge; marking gauge.
- a means of estimating or judging;
criterion;
test.
- extent;
scope;
capacity:trying to determine the gauge of his own strength.
- Military[Ordn.]a unit of measure of the internal diameter of a shotgun barrel, determined by the number of spherical lead bullets of a diameter equal to that of the bore that are required to make one pound:a twelve-gauge shotgun.
- Rail Transportthe distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track, usually 4 ft. 8.5 in. (1.4 m) (standard gauge,) but sometimes more (broad gauge)and sometimes less (narrow gauge.)
- Transportthe distance between a pair of wheels on an axle.
- Buildingthe thickness or diameter of various, usually thin, objects, as the thickness of sheet metal or the diameter of a wire or screw.
- the fineness of a knitted fabric as expressed in loops per every 1.5 in. (3.8 cm):15 denier, 60 gauge stockings.
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe position of one vessel as being to the windward (weather gauge) or to the leeward (lee gauge) of another vessel on an approximately parallel course.
- Buildingthe portion of the length of a slate, tile, etc., left exposed when laid in place.
- Buildingthe amount of plaster of Paris mixed with mortar or common plaster to hasten the set.
Also,[esp. in technical use,] gage.
- Gmc
- Old North French (French jauge)
- late Middle English 1375–1425
2. evaluate, assess, value, calculate.
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