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
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed its standard gauge railway hauled 6 million metric tons of cargo last year, from 5.4 million a year earlier.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2023
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
The system was paralyzed, for the C. E. R. is built on Russian broad gauge, all other Manchurian rolling stock is built to U. S. 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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