Twip Conversions

A twip is one twentieth of a point, or 1/1440 of an inch (about 17.6 µm). It's used internally by Microsoft Word, RTF files and older Windows APIs.

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1 twip = 0.00001763888889 m

Convert twips to other units

Each line shows how much 1 twip (twip) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.

Metric (SI)

Twip to Meter0.0000176389 m
Twip to Kilometer1.76389 × 10⁻⁸ km
Twip to Hectometer1.76389 × 10⁻⁷ hm
Twip to Dekameter0.00000176389 dam
Twip to Decimeter0.000176389 dm
Twip to Centimeter0.00176389 cm
Twip to Millimeter0.0176389 mm
Twip to Micrometer17.6389 µm
Twip to Micron17.6389 µ
Twip to Nanometer17,638.9 nm
Twip to Angstrom176,389 Å
Twip to Picometer17,638,900 pm
Twip to Femtometer17,638,900,000 fm
Twip to Fermi17,638,900,000 fm
Twip to Attometer17,638,900,000,000 am
Twip to Megameter1.76389 × 10⁻¹¹ Mm
Twip to Gigameter1.76389 × 10⁻¹⁴ Gm
Twip to Terameter1.76389 × 10⁻¹⁷ Tm
Twip to Petameter1.76389 × 10⁻²⁰ Pm
Twip to Exameter1.76389 × 10⁻²³ Em

Imperial & US customary

Twip to Inch0.000694444 in
Twip to Foot0.0000578704 ft
Twip to Yard0.0000192901 yd
Twip to Mile1.09603 × 10⁻⁸ mi
Twip to Kiloyard1.92901 × 10⁻⁸ kyd
Twip to Furlong8.76824 × 10⁻⁸ fur
Twip to Chain8.76824 × 10⁻⁷ ch
Twip to Rope0.00000289352 rope
Twip to Rod0.0000035073 rd
Twip to Perch0.0000035073 perch
Twip to Pole0.0000035073 pole
Twip to Fathom0.00000964506 ftm
Twip to Link0.0000876824 li
Twip to Hand0.000173611 h
Twip to Mil0.694444 mil
Twip to Microinch694.444 µin

US survey units

Twip to Foot (US Survey)0.0000578703 ft (US)
Twip to Inch (US Survey)0.000694443 in (US)
Twip to Mile (US Survey)1.09603 × 10⁻⁸ mi (US)
Twip to Mile (Statute)1.09603 × 10⁻⁸ mi
Twip to League (Statute)3.65343 × 10⁻⁹ lea
Twip to Furlong (US Survey)8.76822 × 10⁻⁸ fur (US)
Twip to Chain (US Survey)8.76822 × 10⁻⁷ ch (US)
Twip to Rod (US Survey)0.00000350729 rd (US)
Twip to Link (US Survey)0.0000876822 li (US)
Twip to Fathom (US Survey)0.00000964504 ftm (US)

Nautical

Twip to Nautical Mile (international)9.52424 × 10⁻⁹ NM
Twip to Nautical Mile (UK)9.51815 × 10⁻⁹ NM (UK)
Twip to Nautical League (int.)3.17475 × 10⁻⁹ NL
Twip to Nautical League (UK)3.17272 × 10⁻⁹ NL (UK)

Astronomical

Twip to Astronomical Unit1.17909 × 10⁻¹⁶ au
Twip to Light Year1.86443 × 10⁻²¹ ly
Twip to Parsec5.71637 × 10⁻²² pc
Twip to Kiloparsec5.71637 × 10⁻²⁵ kpc
Twip to Megaparsec5.71637 × 10⁻²⁸ Mpc

Atomic & physics

Twip to A.u. of Length333,327 a₀
Twip to X-unit176,023,000 xu

Historical & cloth

Twip to Ell0.0000154321 ell
Twip to Cubit (UK)0.0000385802 cubit
Twip to Span (cloth)0.0000771605 span
Twip to Finger (cloth)0.000154321 finger
Twip to Nail (cloth)0.000308642 nail
Twip to Barleycorn0.00208333 barleycorn
Twip to League3.65343 × 10⁻⁹ lea
Twip to Arpent3.01408 × 10⁻⁷ arpent
Twip to Mile (Roman)1.19197 × 10⁻⁸ m.p.

Typography

Twip to Pica0.00416667 pc
Twip to Point0.05 pt

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