inch
Množina: inches
(Irregular plural: inches).
Imperial unit of linear measure, a twelfth of a foot, equal to 2.54 centimeters.
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It was defined in statute by Edward II of England as the length of three barley grains laid end to end.
A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot; SYN. in.
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