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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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norm
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n??m/
- (US) enPR: nôrm, IPA: /n??m/
- Rhymes: -??(r)m
Etymology 1
From French norme, from Old French, from Latin norma (“a carpenter's square, a rule, a pattern, a precept”).
Noun
norm (plural norms)
- That which is normal or typical.
- A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
- (philosophy, computer science) A sentence with non-descriptive meaning, such as a command, permission, or prohibition.
- (mathematics) A function, generally denoted or , that maps vectors to non-negative scalars and has the following properties:
- if then ;
- given a scalar , , where is the absolute value of ;
- given two vectors , (the triangle inequality).
- (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title.
Hyponyms
- (mathematics): absolute value, p-adic absolute value, trivial absolute value
Derived terms
Related terms
- abnormity
- abnormous
- normal
- normated
- normatic
- normative
- normo-
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from normed.
Verb
norm (third-person singular simple present norms, present participle norming, simple past and past participle normed)
- (mathematical analysis) To endow (a vector space, etc.) with a norm.
Derived terms
- norming
Translations
See also
- normalize, normalise
Further reading
- norm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- norm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- morn
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French norme, ultimately from Latin n?rma. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?rm/
- Hyphenation: norm
- Rhymes: -?rm
Noun
norm f (plural normen, diminutive normpje n)
- A norm, standard.
Derived terms
- bedrijfsnorm
- begrotingsnorm
- Maastrichtnorm
- normbesef
- normloos
- normtaal
- schrijfnorm
- taalnorm
Related terms
- normaal
- normatief
- normeren
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin norma
Noun
norm m (definite singular normen, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)
- norm (that which is normal)
Derived terms
- normere
References
- “norm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin norma
Noun
norm f (definite singular norma, indefinite plural normer, definite plural normene)
- A norm (that which is normal).
Derived terms
- normera/normere
- normering
References
- “norm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
norm c
- norm (that which is normal)
- norm (in analysis)
Declension
Related terms
- normal
- normera
- normalisera
Anagrams
- morn
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish nurmi.
Noun
norm
- A clearing (among trees).
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