Meanings (ES + gloss)
pulgada
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.
The sledges of the Esquimaux are of large size, varying from six and a half to nine and even eleven feet in length, and from eighteen inches to two feet in breadth.
The term "precision measurement" […] refers to the art of reproducing and controlling dimensions expressed in thousandths of an inch or smaller.
Phrases
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