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111inch of mercury — (in Hg) a traditional unit of atmospheric pressure. In the United States, atmospheric pressure is customarily expressed as the height of a column of mercury exerting the same pressure as the atmosphere. When a traditional mercury barometer is… …
112inch of water column — (in WC) a traditional unit of pressure, used in plumbing to describe both water and gas pressures. The conventional equivalent of one inch of water is 249.0889 pascals, which is 2.490 889 millibars, about 0.036 127 pounds per square inch (psi) …
113inch 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 …
114inch — [OE] Inch and ounce both mean etymologically ‘one twelfth’, but while this ancestral sense has largely been lost sight of in the case of ounce, for inch it remains in force. The words’ common ancestor is Latin uncia, a term for a ‘twelfth part’… …
115inch-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… …
116inch (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./ …
117inch (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./ …
118Inch 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 …
119Inch'ŏn — Großstadt Incheon Hangeul: 인천 광역시 Hanja: 仁川廣域市 Revidierte Romanisierung: Incheon Gwangyeoksi McCune Reischauer: Inch ŏn Kwangyŏksi Basisdaten Fläche: 965 km² Einwohner: 2.580.7 …
120inch 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] * * * …
