inch

  • 121inch of water — A measurement of rainfall. Flowing water: an indefinite term, without meaning in and of itself in the absence of extrinsic evidence indicating the kind of inch or the method of measurement. 56 Am J1st Wat § 4. In some jurisdictions, the amount of …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 122inch-ounce — noun 1. : a unit of work equal to the work done in raising one ounce against the force of gravity through a distance of one inch 2. : a unit of moment equal to the moment of a force of one ounce acting at a distance of one inch from a center of… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 123inch (one's way) along — {v. phr.} To. proceed slowly and with difficulty. * /When the electricity failed, it took John half an hour to inch his way along the corridors of the office building./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 124inch (one's way) along — {v. phr.} To. proceed slowly and with difficulty. * /When the electricity failed, it took John half an hour to inch his way along the corridors of the office building./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 125Inch of water — Inches of water, inAq, Aq or inH20 is a non SI unit for pressure. It is used for measuring small pressure differences across an orifice, or in a pipeline or shaft. [ [http://www.npl.co.uk/pressure/faqs/ohnoinches.html Inches of something] ] It is …

    Wikipedia

  • 126inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbr.: in. Hg [1825 35] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 127Inch Allah — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Inch Allah (homonymie). Incha Allah est une transcription francophone de l’expression arabe إن شاء الله (in chā Allāh) qui signifie « si Dieu le veut ». Dans les pays arabes ce terme est aussi utilisé… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 128inch\ along — v. phr. to. proceed slowly and with difficulty. When the electricity failed, it took John half an hour to inch his way along the corridors of the office building …

    Словарь американских идиом