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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, usually consisting of a disk having variously sized slots in its periphery or a long graduated plate with similar slots along its edge.
- noun A standardized system of wire sizes.
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- noun gauge for measuring the diameter of wire
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