gauge

En français : gabarit, étalon

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard (countable, uncountable) · 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt
2. An act of measuring. (countable, uncountable)
3. An estimate. (countable, uncountable)
4. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things (countable, uncountable)
5. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes, with lower numbers indicating larger size. (countable, uncountable)
6. A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space. (countable, uncountable)
7. The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance. (countable, uncountable)
8. Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind. (countable, uncountable) · 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.

Pluriel gauges