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column inch

noun Printing.

type one column wide and 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) deep.

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Origin of column inch

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby column inch

columnar jointing, column chromatography, column dress, columnea, columniation, column inch, columnist, column of fornix, column vector, colure, Colwyn Bay
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British Dictionary definitions for column inch

column inch

noun

a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
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