gauging

American  

[gey-jing] / ˈgeɪ dʒɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of determining the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of something; measurement.

   Proper mechanical gauging of each connector is essential to ensure correct fit.

   The gauging of the canal boats is carried out at a weigh dock.

2. the act of judging, estimating, or appraising.

   Poker involves the careful gauging of other players’ hidden reactions by reading their faces and movements.

3. the act or process of gradually stretching a pierced body part by wearing increasingly larger objects in the opening.

   The practice of earlobe gauging has become a fairly frequent type of body modification.

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Other Word Forms

• self-gauging adjective

Etymology

Origin of gauging

First recorded in 1425–75; 2005–10 gauging for def. 3; gauge ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

And individual welfare programs often don’t even count benefits paid in cash as income for the purpose of gauging eligibility.

From The Wall Street Journal

In physics, "gauging" a symmetry means allowing it to act independently at every point in spacetime.

From Science Daily

“A key unknown for us remains whether stablecoins will be a winner-take-most-market — an answer here will be important in gauging future gross margins for Circle,” they said.

From MarketWatch

This makes gauging the likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting rates in December even harder.

From The Wall Street Journal

After that we did the ability test, gauging how we performed different compound movements — meaning multi-joint movements using major muscle groups — on machines or with hand-held weights, cables or bars.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appraisal
• assessment
• conclusion
• estimation
• evaluation
• guess
• measure
• measurement
• opinion
• projection
• rating
• survey
• valuation