What (who) is Inch - definition
UNIT OF LENGTH
International inch; U.S. survey inch; Inches; Decimal inch; Decimal Inch; ㏌; Inch (Scots); Scots inch; Scottish inch; Inch (Scottish length); Inch (length); In (unit); Ynch; Inch (unit); English inch; US inch; 0.0254 meters; 0.0254 metres; 0.0254m; 2.54 centimeters; 0.0254 m; 2.54 centimetres; 2.54 cm; 2.54cm; 25.4 millimeters; 25.4 millimetres; 25.4 mm; 25.4mm; Inch length; Inch unit; British inch; American inch; Imperial inch; U.S. inch; Inch of length
![Measuring tape]] calibrated in 32nds of an inch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inch tape.jpg?width=200 "Measuring tape]] calibrated in 32nds of an inch")
inch
I
n.
1) to contest, fight for every inch of one's land
2) a cubic; square inch
3) every inch ('to the utmost degree') (she is every inch a champion)
4) within an inch ('almost') (he was beaten within an inch of his life)
5) (misc.) inch by inch
II
v. (P; intr.) to inch forward slowly
inch
(inches, inching, inched)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An inch is an imperial unit of length, approximately equal to 2.54 centimetres. There are twelve inches in a foot.
...18 inches below the surface.
N-COUNT: num N, oft N of n
2.
To inch somewhere or to inch something somewhere means to move there very slowly and carefully, or to make something do this.
...a climber inching up a vertical wall of rock...
He inched the van forward...
An ambulance inched its way through the crowd.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V way prep/adv
3.
If you say that someone looks every inch a certain type of person, you are emphasizing that they look exactly like that kind of person.
He looks every inch the City businessman...
PHRASE: v-link PHR n [emphasis]
4.
If someone or something moves inch by inch, they move very slowly and carefully.
The car moved forward inch by inch...
PHRASE: PHR after v [emphasis]
Inch
·vt To drive by inches, or small degrees.
II. Inch ·vt To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
III. Inch ·vi To advance or retire by inches or small degrees; to move slowly.
IV. Inch ·noun A small distance or degree, whether of time or space; hence, a critical moment.
V. Inch ·noun An island;
- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, ·etc.
VI. Inch ·adj Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness;
- used in composition; as, a two-inch cable; a four-inch plank.
VII. Inch ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Inch
The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to 1/36 yard or 1/12 of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is also sometimes used to translate similar units in other measurement systems, usually understood as deriving from the width of the human thumb.
Standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s the inch has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 25.4 mm.
Pronunciation examples for Inch
1. because you, inch for inch
ted-talks_1194_KevinSlavin_2011G-320k
2. to be 4 inches, not 5 inches, not 3 inches-- four inches.
Das Cookbook _ Hans Röckenwagner _ Talks at Google
3. These were 11 inches by 17 inches.
The Glass Universe _ Dava Sobel _ Talks at Google
4. is 1 inch or 24 inches.
Keys to Youthful Living _ Jerzy Gregorek _ Talks at Google
5. Inch by inch we killed them.
ted-talks_562_FelixDennis_2004-320k
Examples of use of Inch
1. The exposed area is 1 inch long and less than a quarter–inch wide.
2. Pentax did upgrade the LCD to a 2.7–inch screen from a 2.5–inch display.
3. "They‘ll be looking over the property inch by inch," police spokeswoman Amanda Sluss said.
4. The new Apple alert covers lithium ion batteries in the 12–inch iBook G4, 12–inch PowerBook G4 and 15–inch PowerBook G4 laptops sold after October 2003.
5. The recall affects a large number of 12–inch iBook G4, 12–inch PowerBook G4, and 15–inch PowerBook G4 laptops sold since October 2003.