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Gage is a misspelling of the word gauge; Stream gauge, aka Stream gage, a site along a stream where flow measurements are made; People. Gage (surname)
Gauge block, a metal or ceramic block of precisely known dimension, used in measuring; Sight glass, also known as a water gauge, for measuring liquid level heights in storage tanks and pressure vessels; Boost gauge, a gauge used in conjunction with turbo-super-chargers; Pressure gauge or vacuum gauge, see pressure measurement
The gauge (in American English or more commonly referred to as bore in British English) of a firearm is a unit of measurement used to express the inner diameter (bore diameter) and other necessary parameter to define in general a smoothbore barrel (in difference of caliber what define a barrel with rifling and there cartridge).
'Gage' is also used in this sense now and then, enough that the American Heritage Dictionary treats it as just a variant spelling of 'gauge'; 'gauge' seems to be the majority usage for measuring instruments, but there are enough companies out there selling 'gages' (for instance, the Meyer Gage Company that 'gage pressure' is still ambiguous ...
Hole gauge [3] used to gage internal dimensions of bores that are either too small in diameter for an inside micrometer, and have greater economy than a bore gage or other precision internal gage. Caliper: a device used to measure the distance between two opposing sides of an object. Center gauges and fishtail gauges
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Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed. [1]: 445 Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) [a] is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure.
1 Gage -> gauge. 1 comment. 2 gage vs gauge. 1 comment. 3 Proposed merger of Gauging station and this article. 2 comments. 4 locale category. 1 comment. 5 Rating ...