Used in a Sentence

gauges

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gauges.

Editorial note

I have a Customer who uses this equipment (the Vedeer-Root gauges that the article describes) in unattended fueling stations.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gauges gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

An act of measuring.

noun

An estimate.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gauges.

noun

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

noun

An act of measuring.

noun

An estimate.

noun

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

Example sentences

1

I have a Customer who uses this equipment (the Vedeer-Root gauges that the article describes) in unattended fueling stations.

2

Most of the time you don't need a hammer with six gauges and a penis pump.

3

At first, they started digging super deep with smaller tunnels (the trains use a linear motor/reaction-rail for much tighter loading gauges).

4

He plans out his highway on-ramps to avoid sudden acceleration, rarely passes, and gauges stop-lights blocks in advance to reduce braking.

5

The gauges by themselves might not be able to cause a big problem but I would hope anything that involved in the safety of the system is well-built.

6

The strain gauges could come bundled, and the lower half camera could be built into the bottom, and engineered to fit more flush.

7

They used it to send frequent sensor data to all sorts of services that might be interested, like digital gauges, sound distribution, etc.

8

I think geeks look at the repeated RPM-style gauges and start thinking how they could design the interface better.

9

I wonder if gluing strain gauges to the landing gear struts would be accurate enough once calibrated.

10

By Tufte's criterion of information density, their ideas are a total failure: streetlights, speedometer-like gauges, etc.

11

He also came up with gauges and techniques for precision turning.

12

I have a friend who gauges lasagna at a restaurant against Stouffer's frozen lasagna.

Quote examples

1

A new driver sitting in a Ferrari might consider all the paddle shifters and gauges to be "bloat," but in the right hands the car is a beast...

2

"the lack of compatibility between regional power utility grids." For folks outside the country, the grids here are actually like 19th century European railroad gauges in different countries.

3

Of course, climate changes dramatically on that geologic time scale, so the headline completely destroys the credibility, in my mind, of the central argument -- that Antarctica is "melting." One look a tide gauges shows that the sea level rise we've been seeing has been going on for about 150 years with no change in the rate of rise.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gauges in a sentence?

I have a Customer who uses this equipment (the Vedeer-Root gauges that the article describes) in unattended fueling stations.

What does gauges mean?

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

What part of speech is gauges?

gauges is commonly used as noun.