column inch

• Unidad de medida empleada en periodismo y publicidad para cuantificar el espacio que ocupa un texto o un anuncio en una publicación impresa, equivalente a una columna de ancho por una pulgada de alto.

A unit of measurement used in journalism and advertising to quantify the amount of space a piece of text or an advertisement occupies in a printed publication, typically measured as one column wide by one inch deep.

1. Unit of measurement in publishingC1formal

   A unit of space in a newspaper or magazine, equal to one inch of a single column of text.

   Columna pulgada

   • The advertisement cost $50 per column inch.
   • The article was exactly three column inches long.
   • They measured the space in column inches for the layout.