standard gauge
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Etymology
Origin of standard gauge
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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To measure underlying inflation, the new chairman has urged the central bank to look at alternatives to its standard gauge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Last week, Kenya's and Uganda's transport ministers said they would accelerate another project to build a standard gauge railway to link Naivasha in Kenya and Uganda's capital Kampala.
From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2023
In Tanzania, Yapi Merkezi is helping to build a 1,219-kilometer standard gauge railway line that the country is developing as part of efforts to boost trade with Uganda and other neighbouring countries.
From Reuters ● Jan. 13, 2023
Though chess has lately been the best-publicized measure of a machine's humanity, it is not the standard gauge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since, however, these length measurements rarely require to be so accurate as the diametrical measurements, the ordinary lineal rule is very commonly employed in work not done under the standard gauge system.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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