• deltapi@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    We kind of do have metric inches, insofar as machinists work in 'thou’s (thousands of an inch) But that’s kind of specialist

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      8 hours ago

      Thousandths of an inch are also used in some engineering applications and are called “mils.” Not to be confused with millimeters.