Editing Inch (section)

=== Equivalents===
{{calculator|id=in|type=number|size=4|default=1}} international inch is equal to:
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* {{calculator|id=cm|type=plain|default=2.54|formula=in*2.54|decimals=1|NaN-text=0}} [[centimeter]]s (1 inch is exactly 2.54&nbsp;cm)
* {{calculator|id=mm|type=plain|default=25.4|formula=in*25.4|decimals=1|NaN-text=0}} [[millimetre]]s (1 inch is exactly 25.4&nbsp;mm)
* {{sfrac|{{calculator|id=numeratorfeet|type=plain|default=1|formula=in|NaN-text=0}}|12}} or {{calculator|id=feet|type=plain|default=0.08333|formula=in/12|NaN-text=0}} [[foot (unit)|feet]] (approximately)
* {{sfrac|{{calculator|id=numeratoryards|type=plain|default=1|formula=in|NaN-text=0}}|36}} or {{calculator|id=yard|type=plain|default=0.02777|formula=in/36|NaN-text=0}} [[yard]]s (approximately)
* {{calculator|id=tenths|type=plain|default=10000|formula=in*10000|NaN-text=0}} '[[Thousandth of an inch#Tenths|tenths]]'{{efn|A tenth of a [[thousandth of an inch|thou]], used in [[machining]].}}
* {{calculator|id=thou|type=plain|default=1000|formula=in*1000|NaN-text=0}} [[Thousandth of an inch|thou]]{{efn|Used in [[machining]] and [[papermaking]].}} or mil{{efn|Formerly used in [[American English]] but now often avoided to prevent confusion with [[millimetre]]s.}}
* {{calculator|id=points|type=plain|default=100|formula=in*100|NaN-text=0}} points{{efn|Used by the Australian [[Bureau of Meteorology]] for measuring rainfall until 1973<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/cdo/about/definitionsrain.shtml |title=Climate Data Online – definition of rainfall statistics |publisher=[[Bureau of Meteorology]] |location=Australia |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>}} or gries{{efn|name=locke|Part of [[John Locke]]'s proposal for decimalization of English measures<ref>{{citation |last=Locke |first=John |author-link=John Locke |display-authors=0 |contribution=Of Human Understanding |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3n8PAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA293 293] |title=The Works of John Locke Esq., ''Vol. I'' |location=London |publisher=John Churchill |date=1714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3n8PAAAAQAAJ }}.</ref>}}
* {{calculator|id=pointsTypography|type=plain|default=72|formula=in*72|NaN-text=0}} [[Point (typography)|PostScript point]]s{{efn|The typographic point was originally {{sfrac|1|9}} of the height of a (capital) letter ([[cap height]]) but later acquired a number of different absolute definitions; see [[Point (typography)#History|Point (typography) § History]] for details.}}
* {{calculator|id=line10|type=plain|default=10|formula=in*10|NaN-text=0}},{{efn|Used in [[gunmaking]].}}<ref group=lower-alpha name=locke/> {{calculator|id=line12|type=plain|default=12|formula=in*12|NaN-text=0}},{{efn|Used in [[botany]].}} or {{calculator|id=line40|type=plain|default=40|formula=in*40|NaN-text=0}}{{efn|Used in [[button (clothing)|button]] manufacturing.}} [[line (unit)|lines]]
* {{calculator|id=pica|type=plain|default=6|formula=in*6|NaN-text=0}} [[Pica (typography)|computer picas]]{{efn|Used in [[typography]].}}
* {{calculator|id=barleycorn|type=plain|default=3|formula=in*3|NaN-text=0}} [[Barleycorn (unit)|barleycorns]]{{efn|Used in American and British [[shoe size]]s.}}
* {{calculator|id=ussurveyin|type=plain|default=0.999998|formula=in*0.999998|NaN-text=0}} [[#US survey inches|US survey inches]]
* {{sfrac|{{calculator|id=numeratorPalm|type=plain|default=1|formula=in|NaN-text=0}}|3}} or {{calculator|id=palms|type=plain|default=0.333|formula=in/3|NaN-text=0}} [[palm (unit)|palms]] (approximately)
* {{sfrac|{{calculator|id=numeratorhand|type=plain|default=1|formula=in|NaN-text=0}}|4}} or {{calculator|id=hand|type=plain|default=0.25|formula=in/4|NaN-text=0}} [[hand (unit)|hands]]{{efn|Used in measuring the height of [[horse]]s.}}
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