American wire gauge

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American wire gauge

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  1. US, uncountable A standard for the measurement of the diameter of wire, especially of non-ferrous, electrically conducting wire. Increasing gauge numbers denote decreasing wire diameters.

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@misc{american_wire_gauge_2026,
  title = {American wire gauge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/american%20wire%20gauge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}