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track gauge

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The specified distance between the rails of a railway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gauge, rail gauge

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: междурелсие (meždurelsie) — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軌距 /轨距 (guǐjù) — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Czech: rozchod — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Danish: sporvidde — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Dutch: spoorwijdte — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Finnish: raideleveys — distance between the rails of a railway
  • French: écartement — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Georgian: ლიანდაგი (liandagi) — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Georgian: ლიანდაგის სიგანე (liandagis sigane) — distance between the rails of a railway
  • German: Spurweite — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Italian: scartamento — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sporvidde — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sporbredde — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporvidd — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporvidde — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporbreidd — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporbreidde — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Polish: rozstaw szyn — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Polish: szerokość toru — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Portuguese: bitola — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Russian: ширина́ колеи́ (širiná koleí) — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Russian: колея́ (kolejá) — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Spanish: trocha — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Swedish: spårvidd — distance between the rails of a railway
  • Vietnamese: khổ — distance between the rails of a railway