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standard gauge

  1. a width of 56.5 in (143.5 cm) between the rails of a railroad track, established as standard
  2. a railroad having such a gauge
  3. a locomotive or car for tracks of such a gauge

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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