inch : Idioms & Phrases

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acre inch

  • noun one twelfth of an acre-foot
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bits per inch

  • noun a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium
    bpi.
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By inches

  • adverb by a short distance
    little by little; by small degrees.
    • they moved it by inches
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  • by slow degrees, gradually.
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column inch

  • noun a unit of measurement for advertising space
    inch.
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cubic inch

  • noun the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side
    cu in.
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every inch

  • adverb in every way; completely
    • he was every inch a statesman
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Excommunication by inch of candle

  • a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns.
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Inch of candle

  • . See under Candle.
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Inch of water

  • . See under Water.
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Inch stuff

  • boards, etc., sawed one inch thick.
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Inches of pressure

  • usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge.
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Miner's inch

  • (Hydraulic Mining), a unit for the measurement of water. See Inch of water, under Water.
  • in hydraulic mining, the amount of water flowing under a given pressure in a given time through a hole one inch in diameter. It is a unit for measuring the quantity of water supplied.
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pounds per square inch

  • noun a unit of pressure
    psi.
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Sale by inch of candle

  • an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out.
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square inch

  • noun a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square
    sq in.
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water inch

Wa"ter inch`
Definitions
  1. Same as Inch of water, under Water.
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