Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
standard state
standard time
Standardbred
standardize
standardize on
standardized test
Standards Australia
Standards of Learning
standby
standby agreement
standing
standing army
standing committee
standing crop
standing order
standing rigging
standing room
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

standard gauge
stan·dard gauge


noun 
Definition:
 
most common railroad gauge: the gauge used for most public railroad systems worldwide, the distance between the rails being 143.5 cm (4 ft 81/2 in)
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft