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column inches

column inches is the plural of column inch.

Meaning of column inch

Noun

column inch (plural column inches)

  1. One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.
    • ... advertisements, $40 per column inch per year.1877, Pettengill's newspaper directory and advertisers' hand-book for 1877, page 87

Questions about column inches

What is column inches the plural of?
Column inches is the plural of column inch.

Words near column inches in the dictionary

  1. column densities
  2. column density
  3. column echelon form
  4. column echelon forms
  5. column inch
  6. column inches
  7. column of Türck
  8. column shifter
  9. column shifters
  10. column space
  11. column spaces

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