Phrase Hound found 70 phrases and 20 compound words that contain gauge. The most common are listed below. Open gauge in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 70
- pressure gaugeAn apparatus used to measure pressure in a tyre, pressurised tank, boiler etc.
- gauge theoryA type of field theory in which the Lagrangian is invariant under a continuous group of local transformations.
- rain gaugeA device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.
- narrow gaugeA track gauge less than standard gauge; such tracks; a railway that uses them.
- track gaugeThe specified distance between the rails of a railway.
- broad gaugeA track gauge that is greater than standard gauge.
- standard gaugeA track gauge of 56.5 inches (1435 mm).
- marking gaugetool used in woodworking and metalworking to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface.
- loading gaugeThe maximum permitted height and width for a rail vehicle, governed by clearances in tunnels, under bridges and past lineside structures.
- vacuum gaugeAn instrument that is used to measure very low pressures of gases.
- fuel gaugeAn instrument, usually mounted on an instrument panel, which indicates the quantity of fuel in the fuel tank(s).
- feeler gaugeA set of thin metal strips, of known thickness, used to measure a narrow gap such as by go/no-go status or by the feel of how the gauge slides into the gap.
- water gaugeA glass column that displays water levels.
- gauge bosonAny of the fundamental particles that carry the fundamental forces of nature.
- metre gaugeA track gauge of one metre.
- perforation gaugeA device for measuring the number of perforations per 2 centimetre distance along the edge of a postage stamp.
- gauge pressureThe absolute pressure minus the atmospheric pressure.
- tire-pressure gaugeA tire gauge.
- tire gaugeA device used to measure the pressure of vehicle tires.
- strain gaugeA device that measures the strain in a structural element by measuring changes in electrical resistance of a sensor attached to the element under investigation.
- mixed gaugeA description of a railway track with (usually) three rails, which enables trains of two different track gauges to run over it.
- wind gaugeAn anemometer.
- break of gaugean occurrence where a railway with one track gauge meets another railway of a different gauge, thus requiring transhipment of goods and passengers, or a change of bogies on the train.
- Coulomb gaugeA mathematical construct used in the theory of electromagnetic radiation.
- Birmingham gaugeSynonym of Birmingham wire gauge: A standard for the measurement of the diameter of wire (and hypodermic needles, catheters, etc.), using a scale from 5Ø or 00000 (corresponding to the largest size of 0.5 inches or 12.7 millimetres) to 36 …
Compound words 20
- gaugerOne who gauges.
- subgaugeSmaller in bore diameter than the standard gauge specified; most often describing a shotgun with a bore smaller than 12-gauge.
- gaugeonAn extended form of gauge boson
- gyrogaugeA transformation by a gyrovector; an arbitrary position-dependent rotation.
- misgaugeTo gauge (measure) incorrectly
- multigaugeOf more than one gauge (width of railway track).
- varigaugeOf varying thickness.
- downgaugeTo reduce the gauge of; to make thinner.
- gaugeableCapable of being gauged.
- gaugelikeResembling or characteristic of gauge bosons.