Definition of Square inch

1. Noun. A unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square.

Exact synonyms: Sq In
Generic synonyms: Area Unit, Square Measure

Definition of Square inch

1. Noun. A unit of area equal to the area of a square the sides of which are each one inch long. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Inch

square circle
square dance
square dancer
square dances
square dancing
square deal
square division
square divisions
square drive
square drives
square eyes
square feet
square foot
square footage
square footages
square inch (current term)
square inches
square kilometer
square kilometers
square kilometre
square kilometres
square knot
square knots
square leg
square leg umpire
square leg umpires
square matrices
square matrix
square meal
square meals

Literary usage of Square inch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... not exceeding sixty inches in width, weighing not less than six ounces per square yard and not exceeding thirty threads to the square inch, counting the ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"On goods of like description, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, unbleached, five cents per square yard; ..."

3. Strength of Materials by Arthur Morley (1913)
"(9) 8"12 tons per square inch ; normal of plane inclined 38° to axis of 5-ton stress. ... 0-828 ton per square inch compressive on plane inclined 67 J° to ..."

4. Strength of Materials by Arthur Morley (1916)
"ANSWERS TO EXAMPLES EXAMPLES I. (1) 3-96 tons per square inch ; 13700 tons per ... (9) 8"I2 tons per square inch ; normal of plane inclined 38° to axis of ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Cotton cloth not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, and not exceeding fifty threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling, ..."

6. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"... Where pressure is not over ten pounds per square inch the time of decompression shall be one minute; when pressure is over ten pounds per square inch, ..."

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