inch

unit of length
Intangible unit_of_length Q218593
inch
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inch

Summary

inch is an unit of length[1]. inch ranks in the top 9% of unit_of_length entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,574 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • inch's image is recorded as Inch tape.jpg[3].
  • inch's instance of is recorded as unit of length[4].
  • inch's instance of is recorded as English unit of measurement[5].
  • inch's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit[6].
  • inch's measured physical quantity is recorded as length[7].
  • thumb is named after inch[8].
  • inch's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008006743[9].
  • inch's part of is recorded as system of measures in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania[10].
  • inch's part of is recorded as Russian system of units[11].
  • inch's part of is recorded as imperial system of units[12].
  • inch's Commons category is recorded as Inch[13].
  • inch's Unicode character is recorded as ㏌[14].
  • inch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03th6[15].
  • inch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inch[16].
  • inch's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300379100[17].
  • inch's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0202467[18].
  • inch's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0133461[19].
  • inch's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[20].
  • inch's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • inch's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • inch's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • inch's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[24].
  • inch's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/inch[25].
  • inch's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C48500[26].
  • inch's different from is recorded as international inch[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for inch include inch of mercury[28], an unit of pressure[29] and inch of water[30], an unit of pressure[31].

Why It Matters

inch ranks in the top 9% of unit_of_length entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,574 views/month).[2] inch has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] inch is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for inch include inch of mercury[28], an unit of pressure[29] and inch of water[30], an unit of pressure[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Stuchalk · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Named after
    Wolfram language unit code "Inches"
    Instance of unit of length, English unit of measurement, UCUM derived unit
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