air gauge
noun
variants
or less commonly air gage
1
: a gauge for measuring air pressure
2
: a comparator in which the rate of escape of air between the surface under test (as that of a gun bore) and one of known curvature nearly fitting it (as that of a spindle inserted in the bore) is used as a measure of the difference between the two
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