The arrows in D to F indicate the time of peak compression recorded by each strain gauge, reflecting the passage of a rupture front through that region of the sample assembly.
But gauges reflect character: in sports cars, the tach looms larger, sometimes literally overshadowing the speedo.
The Child Gauge 2012 reflects on the potential of such measures, particularly social assistance, early childhood development, education and health care, to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and reduce inequality.
Media commentator Roy Greenslade argues that the narrowing of opportunity for working-class people to find jobs in the media affects the ability of the media class to correctly gauge and reflect the mood of a community and of a nation.
The group that decides on the index's components have done a good job of altering the gauge to reflect the modern economy, he feels, even as they get a bad rap from critics who deride the index as stodgy.
It is obviously only a crude gauge, but it reflects the economic factors that have caused trouble in the past.
The other main gauges also reflected a broad scramble to buy stocks, one that forced some traders who had sold shares short in hopes of profiting from further declines to cover their positions, adding to demand.
And, as a camp gay man, I have a special interest in gauging how it reflects our ongoing relationship with camp.
These changes, however, could be purely local, so the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds sought a gauge that would reflect nationwide changes.
Critics say it would make little or no difference.The disagreement reflects the difficulty of gauging the impact of free-trade agreements.
