Definition of "gage" []

• Something deposited or given as security against an obligation; a pledge. (noun)
• Something, such as a glove, that is offered or thrown down as a pledge or challenge to fight. (noun)
• A challenge. (noun)
• Archaic To pledge as security. (verb-transitive)
• Archaic To offer as a stake in a bet; wager. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Some old and many new applications use the advantages of thin gage laminations, both oriented and non-oriented."
• "This paper discusses how thin gage silicon iron is beneficial, explains the theory in lay terms and shows the reader how to estimate an optimum lamination thickness."
• "Motors, generators, transformers and inductors are being designed to be more energy efficient by utilizing thin gage silicon-iron."