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metric inch

metric inch noun: a unit measure equivalent to 2.5 centimeters or 25 millimetres; 1/12 of a metric foot (“30 cm”).

Noun

metric inch (plural metric inches)

  1. A unit measure equivalent to 2.5 centimeters or 25 millimetres; 1/12 of a metric foot (“30 cm”)

Forms of metric inch

pluralmetric inches

Origin of metric inch

From being measured in SI metric measurement (2.5 cm), as a value similar to the size of a US/UK Imperial Standard International Inch (2.54 cm), used in some measurements.

Questions about metric inch

What does metric inch mean?
Metric inch means a unit measure equivalent to 2.5 centimeters or 25 millimetres; 1/12 of a metric foot (“30 cm”).
What part of speech is metric inch?
Metric inch is a noun.
What is the plural of metric inch?
The plural of metric inch is metric inches.

Words near metric inch in the dictionary

  1. metric feet
  2. metric foot
  3. metric fuckton
  4. metric fucktons
  5. metric horsepower
  6. metric inch
  7. metric level
  8. metric levels
  9. metric martyr
  10. metric martyrs
  11. metric mile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metric inch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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