twelve-inch

American  

[twelv-inch] / ˈtwɛlvˌɪntʃ /

noun

1. a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.

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twelve-inch British  

noun

1. a gramophone record 12 inches in diameter and played at 45 revolutions per minute, usually containing an extended remix of a single

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twelve-inch

It’s big, roughly seven by nine feet, depicting a scene in an over-the-top teen-age girl’s bedroom from the seventies: twelve-inch TV, princess telephone, chemical colors, with a bedspread in the center.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 26, 2019

Disco music normalized the idea of a ten- or twelve-minute jam spread over a twelve-inch vinyl single.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018

“Now, all your hard work and all you’ve made known/ Will be carved on a twelve-inch stone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2017

Nevertheless, Gurman and 9to5Mac have gathered together as much information as they can to project the look and specs of the new twelve-inch MacBook Air.

From Forbes ● Jan. 9, 2015

We built up one side of the wagon with twelve-inch widths of lumber we called bang boards.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck