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Birmingham wire gage

Birmingham wire gage

[′bər·miŋ·əm ′wīr ‚gāj]
(design engineering)
A system of standard sizes of brass wire, telegraph wire, steel tubing, seamless tubing, sheet spring steel, strip steel, and steel plates, bands, and hoops. Abbreviated BWG.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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