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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A distance between the rails of a railroad track that is greater than the standard width of 56 1/2 inches (143.5 centimeters).
- noun A locomotive, car, or railway line of this gauge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Railroad) A wider distance between the rails than the “standard” gauge of four feet eight inches and a half. See
gauge .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
railway gauge (distance between the two lines) that is greater than thestandard gauge (often quoted as 56 inches)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches
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