![]() Inch is associated with the word “ounce” (Old English: ynce). In old English inch was called as “ynce” or “ince”. ![]() ![]() The word inch is derived from Latin word “uncia”, which means “one-twelfth” of a Roman foot. For example, 5 feet nine inches can be written as 5′ 9″. Inch is abbreviated as “in” and symbolized as ″(denoted by double prime or double quotes) and foot by a single prime which is same as apostrophe. In British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement, inch is a unit of length. It is also said as “three fourths of an inch” or “point seven five inches”. Three quarter of inch means it could be written as 3/4 inch or 0.75 inch.
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