A unit measure equivalent to 2.5 centimeters or 25 millimetres; 1/12 of a metric foot
Origin
From being measured in SI metric measurement (2.5 cm), as a value similar to the size of a US/UK Imperial Standard International Inch (2.54 cm), used in some measurements.
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