strain gauge

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   a gauge for measuring strain in a surface

   Synonymsstrain gage

   Broadergauge

Questions about strain gauge

What does strain gauge mean?

strain gauge means "a gauge for measuring strain in a surface".

What is another word for strain gauge?

Close synonyms include strain gage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strain gauge a common word?

strain gauge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.