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sq. in.

American  

abbreviation

  1. square inch; square inches.


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Throughout the South, you'll find more churches per sq. in. than anywhere on earth.

From Time Jan. 12, 2011

A 500-lb. torpedo would have generated at least 5,000 lb. per sq. in. of pressure on the 's hull.

From Time Aug. 18, 2010

Sublimed, this delivers a pressure of 1,000 Ib. per sq. in., which is stepped down by control valves to 250 Ib. before being applied to the water hose.

From Time Magazine Archive

If built conventionally, it would have been far too heavy; for the XB-70A, fluid pressure was raised to 4,000 Ibs. per sq. in. in unusually thin tubing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suppose this limit is fixed at 16 tons per sq. in., corresponding in Table 1. to a G.D.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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