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slinch

noun

Etymology

Blend of slug + inch.

  1. derived from *óynos✻
  2. derived from uncia — “Roman inch, various similar units”
  3. inherited from ynċe
  4. inherited from ynche
  5. compounded as slinch — “slug + inch”

Definitions

  1. An English unit of mass equal to 12 slugs (386.088 pounds-mass), that accelerates by 1…

    An English unit of mass equal to 12 slugs (386.088 pounds-mass), that accelerates by 1 inch per second squared (1 in/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA