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gauge
English
Alternative forms
- gage
Etymology
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galga (“measuring rod, pole”), from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“pole, stake, cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *??Alg?-, *??Alg- (“perch, long switch”). Cognate with Old High German galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ?ealga (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse galgi (“cross-beam, gallows”), Old Norse gelgja (“pole, perch”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?j, IPA(key): /??e?d?/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
- Homophone: gage
Noun
gauge (countable and uncountable, plural gauges)
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
- the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
- 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
- An act of measuring.
- An estimate.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
- (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- 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) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- 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.
- (firearms) 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.
- (US, slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- 2013, Destiny Patterson, Samantha Beckworth, Jennifer Proctor, Arose (page 150)
- Jenni didn't really look as though she fit in with the rest of the girls here, she had a nose piercing and angel bites, her long curly dark brown hair with red highlights was pulled back exposing gauges and many other ear piercings and a tattoo […]
- 2013, Destiny Patterson, Samantha Beckworth, Jennifer Proctor, Arose (page 150)
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- 1971, Black Creation (volumes 3-6, page 53)
- […] smoking gauge was a new phenomenon to Himes: “When I looked up after turning the corner, all the grimy facades seemed to be a blaze of bright colors, gold, scarlet, blue, green, like an array of peacocks. […]
- 2000, Cynthia Palmer, ?Michael Horowitz, Sisters of the Extreme
- When we settled, he said, “You've been smoking gauge, haven't you?”
- 1971, Black Creation (volumes 3-6, page 53)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gauge (third-person singular simple present gauges, present participle gauging, simple past and past participle gauged)
- (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- (transitive) To estimate.
- (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
- (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
Translations
See also
- gage
- gouge
References
- gauge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gage
Etymology
From Old Northern French gauge, from Frankish *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô. Doublet of galwes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??au?d?(?)/, /??a?d?(?)/
Noun
gauge
- A customary measurement or scale.
Related terms
- gaugen
- gauger
Descendants
- English: gauge
- Scots: gauge
References
- “gau?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-22.
Old French
Noun
gauge f (oblique plural gauges, nominative singular gauge, nominative plural gauges)
- Alternative form of jauge
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model
English
Alternative forms
- modell
Etymology
From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?dl?/, [?m?.??]
- Homophone: mottle
- Hyphenation: mod?el
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Noun
model (plural models)
- A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- You have here the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
- A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.
- A style, type, or design.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
- (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
- (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:model
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: model
Adjective
model (not comparable)
- Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
- 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
- 1932, Nora Fugger, James Austin Galaston (translator), The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:
- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
- 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:
- [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
- 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:
- True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).
- 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:
- At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
- 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:
- But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
- 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:
- It is as model as you can get.
- 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:
- While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
- 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:
- All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
- Synonym: ideal
- 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
Translations
Verb
model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (UK) modelling or (US) modeling, simple past and past participle (UK) modelled or (US) modeled)
- (transitive) to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model
- (transitive) to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model
- (transitive) to make a miniature model of
- (transitive) to create from a substance such as clay
- (intransitive) to make a model or models
- (intransitive) to be a model of any kind
Synonyms
- modelise, US modelize
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- model in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- model in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- model on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- LModE, molde
Albanian
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”).
Noun
model m (indefinite plural modele, definite singular modeli, definite plural modelet)
- pattern
- example
- Synonyms: shembull, mostër
Declension
Derived terms
- modeloj
- modelim
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?d?l/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mu?d?l/
Noun
model m (plural models)
- model
model m or f (plural models)
- model (person)
Related terms
- modelar
Further reading
- “model” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “model” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “model” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “model” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of Latin modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”),
Noun
model
- fashion model
- model, poser; someone who poses for a photograph or painting
- framework
- example
Verb
model
- to model
- to become or work as a fashion model
- to pose
Synonyms
- modelo
Etymology 2
From the Cebuano phrase mo-deliver ug lunggon (“someone who delivers coffins”).
Noun
model
- (colloquial, humorous) a funeral home worker; a funeral director or funeral attendant See usage notes.
Usage notes
- Used to poke fun at a good-looking or well-dressed person.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From French modèle (“model”).
Noun
model
- model
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?l]
Noun
model f
- genitive plural of modla
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo??d?l/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)
- model (type, design)
- model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)
- model (simplified representation)
- model (miniature)
- model (prototype)
- shape, the proper arrangement of something
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: model
- ? Indonesian: model
- ? West Frisian: model
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus. Doublet of mode, modern, modul, and modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?l]
- Hyphenation: mo?dèl
Noun
model or modèl
- model,
- a style, type, or design.
- a person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- a person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- a representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.
- (psychology) role model, a person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others
Affixations
Further reading
- “model” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Etymology
From French modèle, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, from Latin modulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?.d?l/
Noun
model m inan (diminutive modelik)
- model (miniature)
- Synonym: makieta
- model (simplified representation)
- model (style)
- Synonyms: fason, typ
- model (structural design)
- Synonyms: paradygmat, szablon, wzorzec, wzór
Declension
Noun
model m pers (feminine modelka)
- model (person who serves as a subject for artwork)
- model (person who serves as a subject for fashion)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verbs) modelowa?, wymodelowa?
- (noun) modelownia
- (adjective) modelowy
Related terms
- (noun) modeling
- (adverb) modelowo
Further reading
- model in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- model in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?del/
- Rhymes: -el
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
model n (plural modele)
- a template
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Modell or French modèle, from Italian modello, from Latin modellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?del/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
mòdel m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- model (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
References
- “model” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French modèle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?del/
- Hyphenation: mo?del
Noun
model (definite accusative modeli, plural modeller)
- model (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
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