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Inch Definition

inch

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English

Etymology

From Old English ynce, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”).

Pronunciation

Noun

inch (plural inches)

  1. A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. (figuratively) A very short distance.
    "Don't move an inch!"

Derived terms

Verb

inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)

  1. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move very slowly (in a particular direction).
    Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

Derived terms

Translations

to move very slowly

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