Gauche can refer to:
- Gauche (Scheme implementation), an implementation of the Scheme programming language
- Gauche conformation, defined as a torsion angle of ±60° in alkane stereochemistry
- Gauche effect, in stereochemistry, a characterization in which the gauche rotamer which is more stable than the anti rotamer
- A style of Western fencing using the main-gauche
- Rive Gauche, on the southern bank of the Seine in Paris, France
- Gauche the Cellist, a short story by Kenji Miyazawa about the eponymous cellist
Famous quotes containing the word gauche:
“A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the façade of his appearance.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)