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inch(1) (iou)



inch noun1.

As a measure of length: the twelfth part of a foot; 2.54 cm. Also, an area or volume equal to that of a square or cube whose edges are one inch long. LOE.
G. Crabbe Jonas Kindred..Was six feet high, and look'd six inches higher. L. D. Stamp A useful map..on the scale of 25 miles to one inch.
b. As a unit of rainfall: the quantity sufficient to cover a horizontal surface to the depth of one inch, equivalent to 3630 cubic feet on an acre (approx. 253.7 cu. metres on a hectare). M19.
c. As a unit of measurement of the flow of water (more fully miner's inch, inch of water): the amount of water that will pass in 24 hours through an opening of 1 square inch under a constant head of 6 inches (about 14,000 gallons, 64,000 litres). M19.
d. As a unit of atmospheric or hydrostatic pressure: a pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury 1 inch high; 33.86 mb. L19.
transf. & fig. A very small distance, measure, amount, or degree; the least amount or part (of space, time, etc.). ME.
W. Cowper That I may avail myself of every inch of time. H. Nisbet He could not see an inch before him. A. J. Cronin There isn't an inch of space.
In pl. (Considerable) height, stature. E17.
Graphic To make the most of her inches she had..the habit of holding her head thrown back.
Phrases: by inches = inch by inch below. every inch: see EVERY adjective 1. inch by inch by small or imperceptible degrees, little by little. within an inch of fig. very close to. within an inch of one's life almost to death; hyperbol. extremely severely.
Attrib. & comb.: With a numeral etc. prefixed, = INCHED, as six-inch. inchworm = GEOMETER noun 3.