Inch

: Inches is also an album by Les Savy Fav.

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An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. Sweden also briefly had a "decimal inch" based on the metric system: see below for more.

Related Topics:
Imperial - U.S. customary - Length - Metric system

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According to some sources, the inch was originally defined informally as the distance between the tip of the thumb and the first joint of the thumb. Another source says that the inch was at one time defined in terms of the yard, supposedly defined as the distance between Henry I of England's nose and his thumb. There are twelve inches in a foot, and three feet in a yard.

Related Topics:
Yard - Henry I of England - Foot

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The word for "inch" is similar to or the same as the word for "thumb" in some languages. 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.

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French - Italian - Spanish - Portuguese - Swedish - Dutch

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