One twelfth of an inch
1inch — ► NOUN 1) a unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm). 2) a quantity of rainfall that would cover a horizontal surface to a depth of one inch. 3) a very small amount or distance: don t yield an inch. ► VERB ▪ move along… …
2inch — [ɪntʆ] noun [countable] a unit for measuring length, equal to 2.54 centimetres * * * Ⅰ. inch UK US /ɪnʃ/ noun [C] (abbreviation in., symbol ʺ) ► MEASURES a unit of measure equal to one twelfth of a foot or 2.54 centimetres: » …
3twelfth — [ twelfθ ] number 1. ) in the place or position counted as number 12: the twelfth of the month 2. ) one of 12 equal parts of something: An inch is one twelfth of a foot …
4inch — n a unit of length equal to 1/36 yard or 2.54 centimeters * * * (in) (inch) a unit of linear measure, one twelfth of a foot, being the equivalent of 2.54 cm …
5inch — [n] one twelfth of a foot/2.54 centimeters measured fingerbreadth, one thirty sixth of a yard, square; concepts 790,791 …
6inch-pound — /inch pownd /, n. one twelfth of a foot pound. Abbr.: in lb * * * …
7Inch — Inches redirects here. For the album by Les Savy Fav, see Inches (album). For other meanings of inch or inches, see Inch (disambiguation). 1 inch = SI units 25.400000×10^−3 m 25.4000000 mm US customary / Imperial units 0.02777778  …
8inch — inch1 /inch/, n. 1. a unit of length, 1/12 foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. 2. a very small amount of anything; narrow margin: to win by an inch; to avert disaster by an inch. 3. by inches, a. narrowly; by a narrow margin: escaped by inches …
9inch-pound — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : one twelfth of a foot pound * * * /inch pownd /, n. one twelfth of a foot pound. Abbr.: in lb * * * inch pound «IHNCH POWND», noun. one twelfth of a foot pound, or the quantity of energy needed to raise a weight of one pound… …
10inch — {{11}}inch (n.1) linear measure, one twelfth of a foot, late O.E. ynce, M.E. unche (current spelling c.1300), from L. uncia a twelfth part, from root of unus one (see ONE (Cf. one)). An early borrowing from Latin, not found in any other Germanic… …
