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gages

/ˈɡeɪdʒɪz/ /ˈɡædʒɪz/

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Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

Examples :

"Her harsh words were gages thrown down, daring him to disagree with her plan. "

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Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

Examples :

""The desperate family offered all their possessions as gages for the safe return of their kidnapped child." "

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A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

Examples :

"My grandmother grows several types of plums in her garden, including gages. "

fruit plant food

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A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

Examples :

"The factory worker used precision gages to ensure each bolt met the exact size requirements for the engine assembly. "

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An act of measuring.

Examples :

"The factory supervisor carefully reviewed the daily gages of steel thickness to ensure quality control. "

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noun

Examples :

"My dad always makes careful gages of our monthly expenses to stay within budget. "

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Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

Examples :

"The engineer inspected the water tower, checking all the pressure gages to ensure it was safe and functioning correctly. "

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A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.

Examples :

"The instructions for building the birdhouse specified nails of a particular gage to ensure they wouldn't split the thin wood. "

technical industry material number

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The distance between the rails of a railway.

Examples :

"Workers inspected the railway track to ensure the gages were consistent along the line. "

technical vehicle structure

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A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.

Examples :

"In vector spaces used to model student performance, different gages might assign varying numerical "size" values to represent a student's overall understanding of the subject. "

math technical function

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The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.

Examples :

"To ensure the sweater fits correctly, check the pattern instructions and make sure your knitted swatches match the specified gages. "

technical material number unit

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noun

Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.

Examples :

"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."

nautical sailing position

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The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.

Examples :

"The harbor master checked the ship's gages to ensure it wouldn't run aground in the shallow channel. "

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(plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.

Examples :

"The plasterer carefully measured the gages of plaster of Paris to ensure the wall would dry quickly and evenly. "

material substance building

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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.

Examples :

"The roofer carefully aligned the gages of the slate tiles to ensure a weatherproof seal on the roof. "

architecture building material

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A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.

Examples :

"My grandfather, a hunter, prefers 12-gauge shotguns because they allow him to load more pellets per pound of shot. "

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(by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).

Examples :

"After years of hunting with smaller bores, he finally upgraded to a pair of gages for goose season. "

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A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.

Examples :

"Her stretched earlobes featured large, decorative gages made of wood. "

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