HIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hin mean? 

• HIN (noun)
  The noun HIN has 1 sense:

1. ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons

  Familiarity information: HIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("hin" is a kind of...):

capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)

 Context examples 

Hin's team analyzed rocks from Earth using a mass spectrometer, and compared their chemical ingredients with off-world sources: meteorite chondrites (space rocks) plus samples from Mars and the asteroid Vesta.

(Fiery Collisions That Gave Birth to Earth Could Have Evaporated 40% of Our World, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)