Definition of Standard gauge

1. Noun. Railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches.

Generic synonyms: Railroad, Railroad Track, Railway, Gauge

Definition of Standard gauge

1. Noun. A specification of the width of railway tracks of 56.5 inches (1435 mm) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Standard Gauge

standard-wings
standard atmosphere
standard candle
standard candles
standard cell
standard deviation
standard deviations
standard dosing
standard electrode potential
standard electrode potentials
standard error
standard error of difference
standard error of the mean
standard errors
standard fare
standard gauge (current term)
standard generalized markup language
standard hydrogen electrode
standard hydrogen electrodes
standard lamp
standard lamps
standard language
standard languages
standard limb lead
standard normal distribution
standard normal distributions
standard of care
standard of identity
standard of life
standard of living

Literary usage of Standard gauge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"Their standard gauge is the same as in England, but there were formerly five other gauges in extensive use in North America, three of them larger than the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1915)
"standard gauge Line: This is a gauge line used usually to determine changes ... standard gauge line is adopted, therefore, as the more general term and any ..."

3. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"The steam shovels and locomotive cranes could have been taken at much less expense to the work over a standard-gauge track, and also from place to place on ..."

4. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference-book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1898)
"... is to establish an authoritative standard gauge for the measurement of sheet and plate iron. numbers in different gauges represent different thicknesses ..."

5. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"The steam shovels and locomotive cranes could have been taken at much less expense to the work over a standard-gauge track, and also from place to place on ..."

6. Sheet-metal Work: A Manual of Practical Self-instruction in the Art of by William Neubecker, American Technical Society (1917)
"137] An act establishing a standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel. ... That in the practical use and application of the standard gauge hereby ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"They may vary from a light portable track to a standard-gauge road. ... Local conditions, such as a large supply of standard-gauge material and rolling ..."

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