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RING GAGE [2 records]

Record 1 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
DEF

A cylindrical ring of steel whose inside diameter is finished to gage tolerance and is used for checking the external diameter of a cylindrical object.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
DEF

Instrument à dimension fixe servant à contrôler les arbres.

Key term(s)
  • bague de contrôle

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
DEF

The thickness of a cigar measured in increments of 1/64 inch.

CONT

Size does matter. The biggest cigar has a 50 ring-gauge or circumference (64 gages = 1 inch) and is 7 inches long.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
CONT

L'amateur doit ensuite choisir un module, c'est-à-dire une taille de cigare. Il n'existe pas de normes précises sinon des modules de référence : des jauges exprimées en pouces.

Spanish

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