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air gauge

noun
variants: or less commonly air gage

Definition of air gauge

1 : a gauge for measuring air pressure
2 : a comparator in which the rate of escape of air between the surface under test (as that of a gun bore) and one of known curvature nearly fitting it (as that of a spindle inserted in the bore) is used as a measure of the difference between the two

First Known Use of air gauge

1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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