SQUARE INCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does square inch mean? 

• SQUARE INCH (noun)
  The noun SQUARE INCH has 1 sense:

1. a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square

  Familiarity information: SQUARE INCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUARE INCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

sq in; square inch

Hypernyms ("square inch" is a kind of...):

area unit; square measure (a system of units used to measure areas)

 Context examples 

The recurring words, “water pressure” and “pressure to the square inch” suggested some possible relation to a submarine.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A SI derived unit of pressure equivalent to 1000 newtons per square meter or 10000 bars or to 0.145 pound per square inch.

(Kilopascal, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of pressure equivalent to one newton per square meter or 10 bars or to 1.45x10E-4 pounds per square inch.

(Pascal, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of pressure equivalent to one hundred pascals, 1 millibar or 0.0145 pounds per square inch.

(Hectopascal, NCI Thesaurus)