"standard gauge" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} standard gauge (uncountable)
  1. (rail transport) A track gauge of 56.5 inches (1435 mm). Wikipedia link: standard gauge Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: standard gage [US] Related terms: narrow gauge, broad gauge, metre gauge Translations (track gauge): 標準軌 (Chinese Mandarin), 标准轨 (biāozhǔn guǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 準軌 (Chinese Mandarin), 准轨 (zhǔnguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), normální rozchod [masculine] (Czech), Normalspur [masculine] (German), 標準軌 (hyōjun ki) (Japanese), 표준궤 (pyojun'gwe) (alt: 標準軌) (Korean), normalspor [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), normalsporet [attributive] (Norwegian Bokmål), normalspor [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-standard_gauge-en-noun-EeNbel-5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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