feeler gauge
1feeler gauge — noun (engineering) A thin strip of metal of known thickness, used to measure or set the distance between surfaces or parts • • • Main Entry: ↑feel …
2Feeler gauge — A feeler gauge is a simple tool used to measure gap widths. The feeler gauge was first patented in 1954 by Andrejs Muiza, a Latvian immigrant to the United States (Nashville, TN) following WWII. Feeler gauges are mostly used in engineering to… …
3feeler gauge — A thin strip or blade of hardened steel, ground to an exact thickness, that is used to check clearances between parts. Thicknesses increase by 0.001 inch. Also see step feeler gauge …
4feeler gauge — noun Date: 1925 a thin metal strip or wire of known thickness used as a gauge …
5feeler gauge — noun a gauge consisting of a number of thin blades for measuring narrow gaps or clearances …
6feeler gauge — /ˈfilə geɪdʒ/ (say feeluh gayj) noun a gauge consisting of thin strips of steel of known thickness, usually fixed like penknife blades; used for measuring small distances, as the gap in a spark plug. Also, feelers …
7step feeler gauge — A feeler gauge with metal feeler blades; the thickness of the blade increases from one end of the blade to the other …
8gauge — This is the British and Canadian spelling while in the United States it is sometimes spelled without the u (gage). It is becoming standard to use gage for wire size and gauge for an instrument. [1] An instrument that registers the quantity of a… …
9Gauge (Technik) — Solch eine Messuhr wird im Englischen oft als „Gauge“ bezeichnet ebenso wie das damit zu messende Maß Auch solch …
10feeler — /fee leuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that feels. 2. a proposal, remark, hint, etc., designed to bring out the opinions or purposes of others: Interested in an accord, both labor and management were putting out feelers. 3. Zool. an organ of touch …
