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Standard gauge

Standard \Stand"ard\, a.

  1. Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.

  2. Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

  3. (Hort.)

    1. Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

    2. Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

      Standard candle, Standard gauge. See under Candle, and Gauge.

      Standard solution. (Chem.) See Standardized solution, under Solution.

Wiktionary
standard gauge

alt. (context rail transport English) A specification of the width of railway tracks of 56.5 inches (1435 mm) n. (context rail transport English) A specification of the width of railway tracks of 56.5 inches (1435 mm)

WordNet
standard gauge

n. railroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches

Wikipedia
Standard gauge

The standard gauge (also Stephenson gauge after George Stephenson, International gauge, or normal gauge) is a widely used railway track gauge. Approximately 55% of the lines in the world are this gauge (see the list of standard gauge usages). All high-speed rail lines (except those in Russia, Uzbekistan, and Finland) are standard gauge. The distance between the inside edges of the rails is defined to be (except in the United States and Canada, where it is still defined in Imperial and US customary units as ). It is also called the UIC gauge or UIC track gauge, the European gauge in the EU and Russia, or uniform gauge in Queensland.

Standard Gauge (toy trains)

Standard Gauge, also known as wide gauge, was an early model railway and toy train rail gauge, introduced in the United States in 1906 by Lionel Corporation. As it was a toy standard, rather than a scale modeling standard, the actual scale of Standard Gauge locomotives and rolling stock varied. It ran on three-rail track whose running rails were apart.

Usage examples of "standard gauge".

The twenty pound is fine for narrow gauge, but if you want to make a higher capacity standard gauge line you'll need heavier track.

For one thing, we're going to make damned sure that when we get around to building our railroads, 'standard gauge' means just thatstandard gauge.

For one thing, we're going to make damned sure that when we get around to building our railroads, 'standard gauge' means just that—.

For one thing, we're going to make damned sure that when we get around to building our railroads, 'standard gauge' means just that—.

The circular railroad was of standard gauge and used two real steam locomotives, and there was talk of extending the line to the international airport, which the Spanish authorities had been so kind as to modernize in order to support the theme park-as well they might: the park provided twenty-eight thousand fulltime and ten thousand more part-time or seasonal jobs.

As a cavalry conscript, he was required to supply not only his own mount and gear, but his own rifleone of a standard gauge and boringand his own sabre.