how does gauge as a measurement work

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Because you have a 12 gauge as in a talking shotgun and then you also have a 12 gauge as in a 12 gauge needle which are two completely different sizes but gauge is a unit of measurement so how does that work

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No one’s yet mentioned that *gauge* literally means *to measure* in its verb form. That should help you see how the word came to mean a generic unit of measure.

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