How many microinch in 1 agate? The answer is 71428.571428571. We assume you are converting between microinch and agate [typographical]. You can view more details on each measurement unit: microinch or agate The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 39370078.740157 microinch, or 551.1811023622 agate. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between microinches and agates. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
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The SI prefix "micro" represents a factor of 10-6, or in exponential notation, 1E-6.
So 1 microinch = 10-6 inches.
The definition of a inch is as follows:
An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. The inch is usually the universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is widely used in the United Kingdom, and Canada, despite the introduction of metric to the latter two in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively. The inch is still commonly used informally, although somewhat less, in other Commonwealth nations such as Australia; an example being the long standing tradition of measuring the height of newborn children in inches rather than centimetres. The international inch is defined to be equal to 25.4 millimeters.
An agate is a unit of typographical measure. It is approximately 5 1/2 points (1/14 inch or 1.814 mm). It can refer to either the height of a line of type, or to a font that is 5.5 points. An Agate font is commonly used to display statistical data or legal notices in newspapers. It is considered to be the smallest point size that can be printed on newsprint and remain legible.
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