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In measurements:

• American wire gauge, a measurement of diameter of a wire
• Gauge (bore diameter), the diameter of a shotgun barrel
• Stubs Iron Wire Gauge, which corresponds to the diameter of a hypodermic needle
  • See also Category:Wire gauges
• Sheet metal gauge, thickness of metal in sheet form - varies by composition
• Gauge (engineering), any of a variety of measurement devices.
• Sight glass for measuring liquid level heights in storage tanks and pressure vessels
• Gauge blocks, precision measuring standards (Johansson or slip gauges)
• Boost gauge, a gauge used in conjunction with turbo- super-chargers
• Pressure gauge or vacuum gauge, see pressure measurement
• Gauge (mathematics), a semi norm, a concept related to convex sets
• Stream gauge for measuring height and discharge of a river or stream
• The size of a stretched piercing, see stretching (body piercing)
• Film gauge, a physical property of film stock which defines its size
• Instrument panel of a car

In physics: American wire gauge (AWG), also known as the Brown and Sharpe wire gauge, is used in the United States and other countries as a standard method of denoting wire diameter, especially for nonferrous, electrically conducting wire. ... The Gauge or bore of a shotgun is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. ... The Stubs Iron Wire Gauge system is used in medicine to measure the diameter of hypodermic needles, catheters, and suture wires. ... In engineering, a gauge is used to make measurements. ... Water gauge on a steam locomotive. ... Gauge blocks, (also known as gage blocks, Johansson gauges, or slip gauges) are precision ground and lapped measuring standards. ... Boost gauge on a Ford Focus RS (left) A boost gauge is a pressure gauge that indicates manifold air pressure or turbocharger or supercharger boost pressure in an internal combustion engine. ... The construction of a bourdon tube gauge, construction elements are made of brass Many techniques have been developed for the measurement of pressure and vacuum. ... In linear algebra, functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, a norm is a function which assigns a positive length or size to all vectors in a vector space, other than the zero vector. ... A stream gage refers to a site along a stream where measurements of volumetric discharge (flow) are made. ... Woman with stretched earlobes Stretching (sometimes referred to as gauging or scalpelling), in the context of body piercing, is the deliberate expansion of a healed fistula (hole in the skin) for the purpose of wearing body piercing jewelry. ... Film gauge is a physical property of film stock which defines its size. ... A dashboard from a 1940s car The dashboard of a modern car, a Bentley Continental GT A Hayabusas dash A modern Formula 1 car has all its gauges mounted on the steering wheel A dashboard or dash board in an automobile is a panel located under the windscreen and...

• Gauge theory
• Gauge fixing

In railroads: In physics, gauge theories are a class of physical theories based on the idea that symmetry transformations can be performed locally as well as globally. ... In the physics of gauge theories, gauge fixing (also called choosing a gauge) denotes a mathematical procedure for coping with redundant degrees of freedom in field variables. ...

• Rail gauge, the distance between the two rails forming a railroad track
• Standard gauge
• Narrow gauge railway
• Broad gauge
• Loading gauge - maximum width and height of engines and loaded wagons, etc.
• Structure gauge - minimum size of bridges, tunnels, platforms, etc.
• Axle load - maximum weight of axles for a given track
• Break of gauge

Other: The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... For other uses, see Gauge. ... The size of tunnels dictates the maximum size of the trains. ... The Structure gauge, also called the minimum clearance outline, is the minimum size of tunnels and bridges as well as the minimum size of the doors that allow a rail siding access into a warehouse. ... On railways, the axle load is the maximum weight of a train per pair of wheels allowable for a given section of track. ... With railways, a break-of-gauge is where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. ...

• Gauge (knitting), the number of stitches in a given length
• Change of gauge (aviation), when an aircraft type changes at a stopping point of a direct flight
• Gauge (porn star), the stage name of a pornographic film star
• 12 Gauge, a Canadian country music group, see Emerson Drive

Gauge indicates the number of rows or stiches in a given length or width of knitting. ... Gauge (born July 24[1], 1980 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA) is an American pornographic actress and a former stripper. ... Emerson Drive, is a Canadian country music band which started out in Grande Prairie, Alberta in 1995 as 12 Gauge. ...

See also

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