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An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The prime symbol ( ′  double prime symbol ( &Prime  triple prime symbol ( ‴  etc Length is the long Dimension of any object The length of a thing is the distance between its ends its linear extent as measured from end to end English unit is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of Units of measurement, some obsolete and some still in use in present-day USA, the Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 US customary units, also known in the United States as English units or Imperial units (in reference to the British Empire) (but see English Its size can vary from system to system. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit A corresponding unit of area is the square inch and a corresponding unit of volume is the cubic inch. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A square inch (plural square inches) is a unit of Area, equal to the area of a square with sides of one Inch. The volume of any solid plasma vacuum or theoretical object is how much three- Dimensional space it occupies often quantified numerically A cubic inch (plural cubic inches) is a non- SI unit of Volume, equal to the volume of a Cube with sides of one Inch.

The inch is the virtually universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is very commonly used in Canada and the United Kingdom. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the US, Canada and the UK, personal heights are expressed in feet and inches by people of all ages. Human height varies according to both "nature" and "nurture". In Canada, personal heights are shown in metric units on most official documents such as a person's driver's license in Ontario and Québec. A driver's license, driver license, driver licence, or driving licence is an official document which states that a person may operate a However, there are exceptions like Saskatchewan, which lists height on its drivers' licenses in feet and inches. ^[1]

Measuring tape capable of measuring down to ¹⁄_32nd of an inch.

International inch

In 1958 the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the length of the international yard to be 0. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United 9144 metres. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Consequently, the international inch is defined to be equal to 25. 4 millimetres. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to

The international standard symbol for inch is in (see ISO 31-1, Annex A). ISO 31-1 is the part of International standard ISO 31 that defines names and symbols for quantities and units related to Space In some cases, the inch is denoted by a double prime, which is often approximated by double quotes, and the foot by a prime, which is often approximated by an apostrophe. The prime symbol ( ′  double prime symbol ( &Prime  triple prime symbol ( ‴  etc Quotation marks or inverted commas (informally referred to as quotes and speech marks) are Punctuation marks used in pairs to set off speech A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The prime symbol ( ′  double prime symbol ( &Prime  triple prime symbol ( ‴  etc The two parts are then separated by a dash. For example, 6 feet 2 inches is denoted by 6′-2″.

Equivalence to other units of length

Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch

1 international inch is equal to:

• 1,000 thou (1 thou is 0. MilA thou, also known as a mil, is a unit of Length equal to 0 001 inches. )
• about 0. 08333 feet (1 foot is equal to 12 inches. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit )
• about 0. 02778 yards (1 yard is equal to 36 inches. A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United )
• 2. 54 centimetres (1 centimetre is equal to about 0. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth 3937 international inches. )

Use of the inch

Even in countries where the metric system is commonplace, the inch is still sometimes used to refer to

• the size category of computer displays, image sensors, and television screens,
• threads and diameters of pipes (see ISO 228 and Nominal Pipe Size),
• bicycle and automobile tires and rims (see ISO 5775 and Tire code),
• gramophone records,
• width of computer floppy diskettes,
• diameter of cigars and
• pizza size. The metric system is a decimalised system of measurement. It exists in several variations with different choices of base units, though the choice of base units does A visual display unit, often called simply a monitor or display, is a piece of Electrical equipment which displays images generated from the Video Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A pipe is a tube or hollow cylinder used to convey materials or as a structural component The British Standard Pipe thread ( BSP thread is a family of standard Screw thread types that has been adopted internationally for interconnecting and sealing pipe Nominal Pipe Size (NPS is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures The bicycle, cycle, or bike is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind ISO 5775 is an international standard for labeling the size of Bicycle tires and rims. Tire code or Tyre code - Automobile Tires are described by an alphanumeric code, which is generally molded into the Sidewall of the A gramophone A floppy disk is an increasingly Obsolete data storage medium that is composed of a disk of thin flexible ("floppy" Magnetic storage medium encased A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented Tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based
• clothing dimensions

Historical origin

The origin of the inch is disputed. Historically, in different parts of the world (even different cities within the same country) and at different points in time, the inch has referred to similar but different standard lengths.

The English word inch comes from Latin uncia meaning "one twelfth part" (in this case, one twelfth of a foot); the word ounce (one twelfth of a troy pound) has the same origin. This article is about the unit of mass For the unit of force see Pound-force.

In some other languages, the word for "inch" is similar to or the same as the word for "thumb"; for example, French: pouce inch, pouce thumb; Italian: pollice inch, pollice thumb; Spanish: pulgada inch, pulgar thumb; Portuguese: polegada inch, polegar thumb; Swedish: tum inch, tumme thumb; Dutch: duim inch, duim thumb; Sanskrit: Angulam inch, Anguli Finger. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical

Given the etymology of the word "inch", it would seem that the inch is a unit derived from the foot, but this was probably only so in Latin and in Roman times. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit In English, there are records of fairly precise definitions for the size of an inch (whereas the definitions for the size of a foot are probably anecdotal), so it seems that the foot was then defined as 12 times this length. For example, the old English ynche was defined (by King David I of Scotland in about 1150) as the width of an average man's thumb at the base of the nail, even including the requirement to calculate the average of a small, a medium, and a large man's measures. To account for the much larger length later called an inch, there are also attempts to link it to the distance between the tip of the thumb and the first joint of the thumb, but this may be speculation.

There are records of the unit being used circa AD 1000 (both Laws of Æthelbert and Laws of Ælfred). An Anglo-Saxon unit of length was the barleycorn. English unit is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of Units of measurement, some obsolete and some still in use in present-day USA, the After 1066, 3 barleycorn was equal to 1 inch; it is not clear which unit was the base unit and which the derived unit.

One source says that the inch was at one time defined in terms of the yard, itself supposedly defined as the distance between Henry I of England's nose and his thumb. A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman This is unlikely as Henry was born in 1068.

Prior to the adoption of the international inch (see above), the United Kingdom and other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the inch in terms of the Imperial Standard Yard. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Imperial units or the Imperial system is a collection of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 The United States and Canada each had their own, different, definition of the inch, defined in terms of metric units. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The metric system is a decimalised system of measurement. It exists in several variations with different choices of base units, though the choice of base units does The Canadian inch was defined to be equal to 25. 4 millimetres. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to

Metric or decimal inch

A metric inch is the equivalent of an inch under a proposal for the metrification and unification of the English system of measures. A metric foot is a nickname occasionally used in the United Kingdom for a Length of 300 Millimetres (30 cm English unit is the American name for a unit in one of a number of systems of Units of measurement, some obsolete and some still in use in present-day USA, the It is now considered to be a strange unit of measurement. This article describes unusual units of measurement that are sometimes used by Anglophone Scientists, especially Physicists and Mathematicians, and other

In Sweden, between 1855 to 1863, the existing Swedish "working inch" (24. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. 74 mm) was replaced by a "decimal inch" (29. 69 mm) which was one tenth of the Swedish foot. Proponents argued that a decimal system simplifies calculations. However, having two different Swedish inch measures (and an English inch on top of that) proved to be complicated. Between 1878 to 1889 it was agreed to introduce the metric units. However, the decimal inch survived in some building construction trades, and decimal fractions (tenths, hundredths, thousandths) of the foot are still used in land surveying. Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space Position of points and the distances and angles between

References

1. ^ Driver’s Licences: Photo ID

See also

• English unit
• Imperial unit
• United States customary units
• Gry
• Pyramid inch
• Guz