gaging
Checking the size
Gaging is an alternative spelling of gauging—the present participle of gauge.
To gage or gauge is to measure or estimate: gaging the depth of the water, gaging public opinion.
The spelling with "au" is more common, but both are standard.
Judging quality or worth
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- estimatingForming rough calculations
- judgingForming an opinion
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
sizing up · rating · weighing · ascertaining · reckoning · calculating · figuring · approximating
Evaluating worth or significance
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
- determiningEstablishing with certainty
sizing up · reading · interpreting · perceiving · discerning · sensing · intuiting
Adjustable-jaw measuring device
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
- rulerOne who governs
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- scaleMeasure of relative size
dimensions · diameter · thickness · depth · width · tolerances · specifications · clearance
evaluating
Judging quality or worth
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- estimatingForming rough calculations
- judgingForming an opinion
determining · sizing up · rating · weighing · ascertaining · reckoning · calculating · figuring · approximating · assaying
assessing
Evaluating worth or significance
- evaluatingJudging quality or worth
- appraisingEstimating value or quality
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
determining · sizing up · reading · interpreting · perceiving · discerning · sensing · intuiting
calipers
Adjustable-jaw measuring device
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
- rulerOne who governs
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
scale · dimensions · diameter · thickness · depth · width · tolerances · specifications · clearance · graduations
gagingguessing
Estimating without certainty
assuming · presuming · speculating · conjecturing · supposing
gagingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · flying blind · overlooking · neglecting · dismissing