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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

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

The surgeons took away in all 60 sq. in. of Norman Douglas' skull, preserved them at the Toronto General Hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plates, angles and bars, other than rivet bars, must have a tensile strength of 28 to 32 tons per sq. in., with an elevation of 20% in 8 in.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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