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Meaning of column inch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.

Equivalents

Suomi palstamillimetri

Examples

“... advertisements, $40 per column inch per year.”
“One mass-circulation Sunday newspaper recently devoted several column inches to an unnecessary weekend working from Stratford to the Essex coast to provide empty stock for an up service that had ceased its high summer running the previous Saturday.”
“Train operating companies get plenty of column inches in the tabloids, usually for negative reasons. Happily, Southeastern is worthy of praise for having made The Sun for something positive.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

column shifter column space column still column stinkhorn column vector columnal

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