How to convert twips to chains (US survey)
1 twip is equal to 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁷ chains (US survey), and 1 chain (us survey) is equal to 1,140,482.281 twips. To convert, multiply by the conversion factor:
chains (US survey) = twips × 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁷
chains (US survey) = twips ÷ 1,140,482.281Example: convert 1 twip to ch (US): 1 × 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁷ = 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁷ ch (US).
Twip to Chain (US Survey) conversion table
| Twip (twip) | Chain (US Survey) (ch (US)) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 twip | 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁹ ch (US) |
| 0.1 twip | 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁸ ch (US) |
| 1 twip | 8.768220398 × 10⁻⁷ ch (US) |
| 2 twip | 0.00000175364408 ch (US) |
| 3 twip | 0.00000263046612 ch (US) |
| 5 twip | 0.000004384110199 ch (US) |
| 10 twip | 0.000008768220398 ch (US) |
| 20 twip | 0.0000175364408 ch (US) |
| 50 twip | 0.00004384110199 ch (US) |
| 100 twip | 0.00008768220398 ch (US) |
| 250 twip | 0.00021920551 ch (US) |
| 500 twip | 0.0004384110199 ch (US) |
| 1,000 twip | 0.0008768220398 ch (US) |
About the twip
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.
Symbol: twip · 1 twip = 0.00001763888889 m · Category: Typography
About the chain (us survey)
The US survey chain is 66 US survey feet, about 20.11684 m, used in the US Public Land Survey System.
Symbol: ch (US) · 1 ch (US) = 20.11684023 m · Category: US survey units