track gauge

noun

The specified distance between the rails of a railway.

Meanings

nountrack gauge (plural track gauges)

plural track gauges

  1. rail transportThe specified distance between the rails of a railway.

    Synonyms: gauge, rail gauge

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe specified distance between the rails of a railway.

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Translations

Bulgarian междурелсие
  • междурелсие (meždurelsie)distance between the rails of a railway
Chinese Mandarin 軌距 /轨距
  • 軌距 /轨距 (guǐjù)distance between the rails of a railway
Czech rozchod
  • rozchoddistance between the rails of a railway
Danish sporvidde
  • sporviddedistance between the rails of a railway
Dutch spoorwijdte
  • spoorwijdtedistance between the rails of a railway
Finnish raideleveys
  • raideleveysdistance between the rails of a railway
French écartement
  • écartementdistance between the rails of a railway
German Spurweite, Spurbreite
  • Spurweitedistance between the rails of a railway
  • Spurbreitedistance between the rails of a railway
Hungarian nyomtávolság
  • nyomtávolságdistance between the rails of a railway
Indonesian lebar sepur, lebar rel
  • lebar sepurdistance between the rails of a railway
  • lebar reldistance between the rails of a railway
Italian scartamento
  • scartamentodistance between the rails of a railway
Norwegian Bokmål sporvidde, sporbredde
  • sporviddedistance between the rails of a railway
  • sporbreddedistance between the rails of a railway
Polish rozstaw szyn, szerokość toru
  • rozstaw szyndistance between the rails of a railway
  • szerokość torudistance between the rails of a railway
Portuguese bitola
  • bitoladistance between the rails of a railway
Russian ширина́ колеи́, колея́
  • ширина́ колеи́ (širiná koleí)distance between the rails of a railway
  • колея́ (kolejá)distance between the rails of a railway
Spanish trocha
  • trochadistance between the rails of a railway
Swedish spårvidd
  • spårvidddistance between the rails of a railway
Vietnamese khổ
  • khổdistance between the rails of a railway
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APA

track gauge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20gauge

MLA

“track gauge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20gauge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “track gauge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20gauge.

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