Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

gauge

English answer:

measure of thickness (metal sheet, etc

Added to glossary by Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Dec 5, 2004 18:04
20 yrs ago
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English term

14-gauge box

Non-PRO English Other Manufacturing
A double-corrugated, eight-fold, 14-gauge box.

What is 14-gauge? Its diameter, or size or what?

Responses

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14-gauge is a measure of sheet metal thickness

Gauge is sheet metal thickness
HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree Asghar Bhatti
1 hr
Thanks Asghar
agree Kim Metzger : http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/sheetmetal.html
5 hrs
Thanks for the agree Kim and for the extra info.
agree Jörgen Slet : gauge can be a measure of lots of things, but thickness of sheet metal is definitely amongst these things
6 hrs
Thanks Jorgen and you are right of course about gauge being the measure of lots of things.
agree Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
13 hrs
Thanks Saleh
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