inch

Summary

inch is an unit of length^[1]. inch has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• inch's instance of is recorded as unit of length^[3].
• inch's instance of is recorded as English unit of measurement^[4].
• inch's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit^[5].
• inch's measured physical quantity is recorded as length^[6].
• thumb is named after inch^[7].
• inch is part of system of measures in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania^[8].
• inch is part of Russian system of units^[9].
• inch is part of imperial system of units^[10].
• inch's Commons category is recorded as Inch^[11].
• inch's Unicode character is recorded as ㏌^[12].
• inch's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inch^[13].
• inch's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[14].
• inch's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[15].
• inch's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• inch's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• inch's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time^[18].
• inch's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C48500^[19].
• inch's different from is recorded as international inch^[20].
• inch's different from is recorded as British Imperial inch^[21].
• inch's different from is recorded as Paris inch^[22].
• inch's different from is recorded as inch^[23].
• inch's different from is recorded as pulgada^[24].
• inch's different from is recorded as metric inch^[25].
• inch's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.0254'}^[26].
• inch's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.0000254'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of length^[3], English unit of measurement^[4], and UCUM derived unit^[5].

Origins

thumb is named after inch^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include system of measures in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania^[8], a system of units^[28], in Grand Duchy of Lithuania^[29]; Russian system of units^[9], an obsolete system of measurement^[30], in Russian Empire^[31]; and imperial system of units^[10], a system of units^[32].

Influence

Things named for inch include inch of water^[33], an unit of pressure^[34] and inch of mercury^[35], an unit of pressure^[36].

Why It Matters

inch has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] inch is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for inch include inch of water^[33], an unit of pressure^[34] and inch of mercury^[35], an unit of pressure^[36].