Square inch

square inch
square inch
	Engineering paper, with the cropped scan depicting 24 square inches (25 smaller squares compose 1 square inch)
General information
Unit system	Imperial, United States customary units
Unit of	area
Symbol	in2, sq in
Conversions
1 in2 in ...	... is equal to ...
Imperial/US	⁠1/144⁠ sq ft; ⁠1/1296⁠ sq yd;
SI units	6.4516 cm2; 6.4516×10−4 m2;

A square inch (plural: square inches) is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of one inch. The square inch is a common unit of measurement in the United States and the United Kingdom.¹ Pounds per square inch (psi), a unit of pressure, are derived from this unit of area.²

Representations

The following symbols are used to denote square inches:¹²³

square in
sq inches, sq inch, sq in
inches/-2, inch/-2, in/-2
inches^2, inch^2, in^2
inches², inch², in² (also denoted by "^²)
historic usage ^□″ (number with a square & a double apostrophe, both as an exponent)

Equivalence with other units of area

1 square international inch is equal to (the overbars indicate repeating decimals):²⁴⁵

0.006 94 square feet (1 square foot is equal to 144 square inches)
0.000 771 604 9382 square yards (1 square yard is equal to 1,296 square inches)
6.4516 square centimetres (1 square centimetre is equal to 0.155 000 310... square inches)
0.000 645 16 square metres (1 square metre is equal to 1,550.003 100... square inches)
$⁠ π / 4 ⁠$ circular inches (1 circular inch is equal to $⁠ 4 / π ⁠$ square inches)

References

Cardarelli, François (1997). Scientific Unit Conversion: A Practical Guide to Metrication. M. J. Shields. London: Springer London, Limited. ISBN 978-1-4471-3394-0.
Dresner, Stephen (1971). Units of measurement : an encyclopaedic dictionary of units, both scientific and popular, and the quantities they measure. Internet Archive. New York: Hastings House. pp. 91, 248. ISBN 978-0-8038-7496-1.
"Conversion Factors for U.S. Customary and SI (Metric) Units". Insecticide and Acaricide Tests. 4 (1): 263. 1979-01-01. doi:10.1093/iat/4.1.263. ISSN 0276-3656.
15 U.S.C. § 205
Blake, Alexander (1991-01-16). Handbook of Mechanics, Materials, and Structures. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-471-86239-0.

[:0-1] Cardarelli, François (1997). Scientific Unit Conversion: A Practical Guide to Metrication. M. J. Shields. London: Springer London, Limited. ISBN 978-1-4471-3394-0.

[:1-2] Dresner, Stephen (1971). Units of measurement : an encyclopaedic dictionary of units, both scientific and popular, and the quantities they measure. Internet Archive. New York: Hastings House. pp. 91, 248. ISBN 978-0-8038-7496-1.

[3] "Conversion Factors for U.S. Customary and SI (Metric) Units". Insecticide and Acaricide Tests. 4 (1): 263. 1979-01-01. doi:10.1093/iat/4.1.263. ISSN 0276-3656.

[4] 15 U.S.C. § 205

[5] Blake, Alexander (1991-01-16). Handbook of Mechanics, Materials, and Structures. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-471-86239-0.

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