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inch Definition:
- An inch is a unit of length in the imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. Historically, an inch was also used in a number of other systems of units. Traditional standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since July 1959, when the international yard was defined as 0.9144 metres, the international inch has been exactly 25.4 mm. There are 12 inches in a foot and 36 inches in a yard.
| Inch (n.) An island |
| Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic. |
| Inch (n.) A small distance or degree, whether of time or space |
| Inch (v. t.) To drive by inches, or small degrees. |
| Inch (v. t.) To deal out by inches |
| Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees |
| Inch (a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness |
| Water inch () Same as Inch of water, under Water. |
| bits per inch / bpi a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium |
| cubic inch / cu in the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side |
| square inch / sq in a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square |
| acre inch one twelfth of an acre-foot |
| inch / in a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot |
| pounds per square inch / psi a unit of pressure |
| column inch / inch a unit of measurement for advertising space |
| edge / inch advance slowly, as if by inches, "He edged towards the car" |
| every inch in every way, completely, "he was every inch a statesman" |
inch Synonyme:
| inch ace amble bit bowshot brief span claudicate close quarters close range crack crawl creep crowd dogtrot drag drag along drag out drive on earreach earshot forge ahead go dead slow go on tiptoe go slow grovel gumshoe gunshot hair hair space hairbreadth hairsbreadth hobble idle inch along inch forward jog-trot laze limp little little ways mosey muddle through nightwalk pad pistol shot poke poke along press forward press on prowl push push forward push on pussyfoot saunter scrabble scramble short distance short piece short way shuffle along sidle slink snake sneak span spitting distance stagger along steal steal along step stroll tippytoe tiptoe toddle toddle along totter along traipse waddle walk worm worm along |
| inchmeal bit by bit by degrees by inches by inchmeal by slow degrees by snatches degreewise drop by drop foot by foot gradatim grade by grade gradually in detail in driblets in installments in lots in small doses in snatches inch by inch little by little part by part piece by piece piecemeal slowly step by step |
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