2022-04-21 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – G – gage & gauge
2022-04-21
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – G – gage & gauge
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง gage & gauge = ‘GEYJ’
US spelling esp. technical senses = gage
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression:
Gage – Gauge
In the sense of a standard of measurement,
these words are interchangeable (a narrow-gauge or -gage railroad),
although gauge is the preferred spelling,
Only gage can refer to
a variety of plum and to a challenge or pledge:
“This is a can of gage (really greengage) plums,”
“The swordsman threw his glove on the ground as a gage.”
“This ticket represents a gage at the pawnbroker’s.”
Dictionary.com
HISTORICAL USAGE OF GAUGE
The noun gauge (also gage) appears in Middle English in 1332
in the compound noun gaugeman “officialmeasurer.”
A century later, in 1440, the verb gaugen (also gagen ) appears,
meaning “to measure (depth, length), measure out (a quantity),
make an official measurement of (a container or its contents).”
The administrative state has always been in control!
The figurative sense
“to take the measure of a person or thing; appraise, judge”
first appears in 1583.
Middle English gauge (noun and verb) comes from
Old French gauger (verb) “to measure” and
gauge (noun) “the action or result of measuring”
(in modern French jauger and jauge for the verb and noun, respectively).
Further etymology is speculative and unsatisfactory;
some authorities suggest a Germanic noun galgōn- “branch, rod,”
which becomes gealga in Old English (Modern English gallows ).
In Middle English
the spellings gage- and gauge- occur indiscriminately,
and some reputable modern authorities recommend the spelling gage,
which is the spelling often used in technical contexts.
A very common misspelling is guage.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
History and Etymology for gauge
Noun
Middle English gauge, gage
"fixed standard of measure,"
borrowed from Anglo-French gauge, gouge
"standard of liquid measure,
tax paid to an official who determined the capacity of containers"
(continental Old and Middle French jauge
"graduated rod used for measuring liquid capacity,
measurement by such a rod, capacity of a cask"),
perhaps going back to Old Low Franconian *galga "rod, beam,"
going back to Germanic *galgōn "pole,
stake, pole on which a condemned person was hung"; (sense 4)
translation of German Massstab — more at GALLOWS entry 1
NOTE: The semantic supposition behind this etymology
is that the Old Low Franconian etymon retained the sense "rod"
(lost elsewhere in Germanic) which was specialized
to refer to a kind of measuring rod in Gallo-Romance.
For detailed argumentation and bibliography
see Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français (online) at entry jauge.
Verb
Middle English gawgyn, gagen, borrowed from Anglo-French gauger, derivative of gauge GAUGE entry 1
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words
gage
= a security or a pledge;
something,
as a glove, thrown down as a challenge to fight:
The knight threw down his gage.;
= a variety of plum, as a greengage
Not to be confused with:
gauge
= a measuring device;
= to test; a size:
twelve-gauge shotguns;
= the fineness of knitted fabric:
sixty-gauge stockings
gouge
= a chisel with a rounded blade;
= a digging or scooping action:
to gouge a channel;
= to gouge holes
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group
gauge
A unit of length
used to measure the diameter of a shotgun bore;
e.g., six-gauge equals 23.34 mm.
Originally based on
the number of balls of certain size in a pound of shot.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the Right Synonym for gauge
Noun
Standard, Criterion, Gauge, Yardstick, Touchstone
mean a means of determining what a thing should be.
Standard applies to any definite rule, principle, or measure
established by authority.
standards of behavior
Criterion may apply to anything used as a test of quality
whether formulated as a rule or principle or not.
questioned the critic's criteria for excellence
Gauge applies to a means of testing a particular dimension
(such as thickness, depth, diameter)
or figuratively a particular quality or aspect.
polls as a gauge of voter dissatisfaction
Yardstick is an informal substitute for Criterion
that suggests quantity more often than quality.
housing construction as a yardstick of economic growth
Touchstone suggests a simple test of the authenticity
or value of something intangible.
fine service is one touchstone of a first-class restaurant
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Gage vs. Gauge
Noun (1)
There are two gages:
one refers to pledges or securities and
is no longer in common general use,
and the other is a variant spelling of gauge,
which in the noun form refers broadly to measurement (“fine-gauge wire”)
or a standard by which something is measured
(“polls are a good gauge of how voters might vote”).
The earliest evidence we have for the noun gauge
goes back to the 15th century,
when English spelling was not yet standardized,
and the word in question was spelled gauge and gage
with roughly equal frequency.
Gauge began to be preferred in the late 19th century
for most general uses.
Some claim that gage appears as a variant more frequently in the U.S.,
though our evidence shows that
the vast majority of uses for gage
are from specialized and technical industries,
such as mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and electronics,
and that these uses of gage are global, not limited to the U.S.
Nonetheless, total use of the word gage is small
when compared to the total use of the word gauge.
The verb gauge, which refers to measuring or estimating,
also has a variant gage.
This variant appears to show up primarily in informal sources,
though not often.
Gauge is by far the preferred spelling in general usage
for both the noun and the verb; we encourage you use it.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Words of the Week October, 12, 2018
Gage had a mid-week spike in lookups,
for reasons that are not entirely clear;
we are attributing this to the release of a trailer
for Pet Sematary, a revamped cinematic version of the 1983 novel
by Stephen King (in which one of the characters is so named).
If interest in the word was not caused by Stephen King fans,
we do not know what it could be,
as the non-onomastic uses of gage are
either as a variant spelling of gauge,
or as an archaism meaning “pledge” or “risk.”
For those who are unfamiliar with the plot of Pet Sematary,
do not count on seeing this name break into the top 100 baby names
for 2019 based on its placement in the upcoming film.
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