square inch

American  

noun

1. a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. in 2 , sq. in.

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Example Sentences

Her fur jacket is made of hairs so fine that three hundred thousand are packed into one square inch so that she's always warm and waterproof.

From Literature

It looked like every square inch of his hide had a monkey glued to it.

From Literature

Though each farm there was no more than a shack and a square of land, Calvin’s parcel mysteriously yielded more food per square inch than any other farm in the area.

From Literature

“Every square inch of this place has to be productive,” Yeh says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Through one of them, I see a sea of glittering yellow sand, with people taking up virtually every square inch of it.

From Literature