"gauge face" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the area of a gauge where the markings, numbers, etc. are displayed. For example, "He used a magnifying glass to get a better look at the gauge face."
Passengers up front will sit in sport seats, and the dash will be set with light blue tachometer and speedometer gauge faces; gauge needles will light up when the driver's door is opened.
The gauge faces and the radio's digital display panel can be difficult to read, but, hey, it's only a problem during most daylight hours.
The interior is as plush as a luxury sedan's; authentic-looking touches like H-D gauge faces inspire smiles; and its eye-candy exterior provides high-wattage curb appeal that surpasses that of any other truck from any truck maker.
Track gauge is the distance between the gauge faces of the two adjacent running rails.
Most managers are judged on performance-based targets and if this is the only gauge, we face a serious problem.
Crack closure is assessed using traditional compliance techniques (clip gauge and back face strain gauge) and Digital Image Correlation methods.
And I'd have to turn sheepishly toward Rob — who no matter how drunk he got could appear sober as a judge and never seemed to forget anything — and I'd have to gauge by his face how badly I had behaved, then offer the classic atonement, "I'll never drink again".
Five items (traffic volume, street condition, noise, smells, dirt/dust) are rated for the overall street environment, and the 13 remaining items ask raters to view and gauge the block face that corresponds to the subject's residence.
"People are always asking themselves, 'Does this person have good or bad intentions?'" To conduct the study, the scientists showed unfamiliar faces to test subjects and asked them to describe traits they could gauge from the faces.
