gauged

Estimated with care

Gauged is the past tense of gauge, meaning to measure or estimate something: She gauged the distance before jumping, He gauged their reaction carefully.

It also means fitted with a gauge or made to specific measurements: a gauged brick, gauged mortar.

The spelling "gaged" exists but is less common.

assessed

evaluated

Determined worth or quality

weighed · analyzed · interpreted · determined · reckoned · discerned · sized up · judged · surveyed · reviewed

measured

quantified

Expressed as a number

accuracy · scale · units · millimeters · inches · liters · grams · kilometers · temperature · volume

depth

fathomed

Deeply understood something

  • plumbedMeasured depth with weight
  • soundedProduced audible vibration
  • sonarUnderwater detection by echoes

bathymetry · soundings · fathom · depth finder · echo sounder · water level · draught · submersible · nautical · diving

thickness

sheet metal

Thin flat industrial panels

  • boreTiresome individual or drill
  • diameterDistance across through center
  • caliberBore diameter or quality

AWG · thickness · tubing · piping

calibrated

adjustment

Alteration to improve fit

zeroing · benchmarking · synchronization · instrumentation · dial · metrology · verification · trueness · tolerance · calibration

Categories
Opposites
measurement/assessment

gaugedunmeasured

Not quantified or gauged

unassessed · uncalculated · unquantified · unevaluated · unestimated

certainty/knowledge

gaugedguessed

Estimated without certainty

assumed · supposed · speculated · conjectured · shot in the dark

Phrases
Family

gauge, gauging, gauges, misgauge, misgauged, misgauges, misgauging

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G