in−1\text{in}^{-1}

per inch

Wavenumberexact by definition

The reciprocal inch is exactly 1/0.0254 m⁻¹, about 39.37 m⁻¹. It appears in American practice as a spatial frequency, most visibly as threads per inch on fasteners and as lines or dots per inch in printing and scanning.

Watch out: Printing resolutions in dpi and screen rulings in lpi are the same dimension but not the same measurement: dpi counts addressable dots, lpi counts halftone screen lines, and a good halftone needs several dots per line in each direction.

1 in−1\text{in}^{-1} 39.370079 m−1\text{m}^{-1}

One per inch in every wavenumber unit

39,370.1per kilometer (km⁻¹)
39.3701per meter (m⁻¹)
12per foot (ft⁻¹)
1per inch (in⁻¹)this unit
0.393701per centimeter (kayser) (cm⁻¹)
0.0393701per millimeter (mm⁻¹)
0.0393701line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm)
0.0000393701per micrometer (μm⁻¹)
3.93701e-08per nanometer (nm⁻¹)
3.93701e-09per angstrom (Å⁻¹)