twip | 1 twp | 2 twp | 3 twp | 4 twp | 5 twp | 6 twp | 7 twp | 8 twp | 9 twp | 10 twp | 11 twp | 12 twp | 13 twp | 14 twp | 15 twp | 16 twp | 17 twp | 18 twp | 19 twp | 20 twp | 21 twp | 22 twp | 23 twp | 24 twp | 25 twp | 26 twp | 27 twp | 28 twp | 29 twp | 30 twp | 31 twp | 32 twp | 33 twp | 34 twp | 35 twp | 36 twp | 37 twp | 38 twp | 39 twp | 40 twp | 41 twp | 42 twp | 43 twp | 44 twp | 45 twp | 46 twp | 47 twp | 48 twp | 49 twp | 50 twp | 51 twp | 52 twp | 53 twp | 54 twp | 55 twp | 56 twp | 57 twp | 58 twp | 59 twp | 60 twp | 61 twp | 62 twp | 63 twp | 64 twp | 65 twp | 66 twp | 67 twp | 68 twp | 69 twp | 70 twp | 71 twp | 72 twp | 73 twp | 74 twp | 75 twp | 76 twp | 77 twp | 78 twp | 79 twp | 80 twp | 81 twp | 82 twp | 83 twp | 84 twp | 85 twp | 86 twp | 87 twp | 88 twp | 89 twp | 90 twp | 91 twp | 92 twp | 93 twp | 94 twp | 95 twp | 96 twp | 97 twp | 98 twp | 99 twp | 100 twp |
hand | 0.0001736 hand | 0.0003472 hand | 0.0005208 hand | 0.0006944 hand | 0.0008680 hand | 0.0010416 hand | 0.0012152 hand | 0.0013888 hand | 0.0015624 hand | 0.0017360 hand | 0.0019096 hand | 0.0020832 hand | 0.0022568 hand | 0.0024304 hand | 0.0026040 hand | 0.0027776 hand | 0.0029512 hand | 0.0031248 hand | 0.0032984 hand | 0.0034720 hand | 0.0036456 hand | 0.0038193 hand | 0.0039929 hand | 0.0041665 hand | 0.0043401 hand | 0.0045137 hand | 0.0046873 hand | 0.0048609 hand | 0.0050345 hand | 0.0052081 hand | 0.0053817 hand | 0.0055553 hand | 0.0057289 hand | 0.0059025 hand | 0.0060761 hand | 0.0062497 hand | 0.0064233 hand | 0.0065969 hand | 0.0067705 hand | 0.0069441 hand | 0.0071177 hand | 0.0072913 hand | 0.0074649 hand | 0.0076385 hand | 0.0078121 hand | 0.0079857 hand | 0.0081593 hand | 0.0083329 hand | 0.0085065 hand | 0.0086801 hand | 0.0088537 hand | 0.0090273 hand | 0.0092009 hand | 0.0093745 hand | 0.0095481 hand | 0.0097217 hand | 0.0098953 hand | 0.0100689 hand | 0.0102425 hand | 0.0104161 hand | 0.0105897 hand | 0.0107633 hand | 0.0109369 hand | 0.0111106 hand | 0.0112842 hand | 0.0114578 hand | 0.0116314 hand | 0.0118050 hand | 0.0119786 hand | 0.0121522 hand | 0.0123258 hand | 0.0124994 hand | 0.0126730 hand | 0.0128466 hand | 0.0130202 hand | 0.0131938 hand | 0.0133674 hand | 0.0135410 hand | 0.0137146 hand | 0.0138882 hand | 0.0140618 hand | 0.0142354 hand | 0.0144090 hand | 0.0145826 hand | 0.0147562 hand | 0.0149298 hand | 0.0151034 hand | 0.0152770 hand | 0.0154506 hand | 0.0156242 hand | 0.0157978 hand | 0.0159714 hand | 0.0161450 hand | 0.0163186 hand | 0.0164922 hand | 0.0166658 hand | 0.0168394 hand | 0.0170130 hand | 0.0171866 hand | 0.0173602 hand |
A twip (abbreviating "twentieth of a point", "twentieth of an inch point", or "twentieth of an Imperial point"[citation needed]) is a typographical measurement, defined as 1/20 of a typographical point. One twip is 1/1440 inch or 17.639 µm.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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twip | twp | ≡ 1⁄1440 in | = 1.7638×10−5 m | Imperial/US |
twips | hands | twips | hands |
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1 | = 0.00017360236220472 | 4 | = 0.0006944094488189 |
1.5 | = 0.00026040354330709 | 4.5 | = 0.00078121062992126 |
2 | = 0.00034720472440945 | 5 | = 0.00086801181102362 |
2.5 | = 0.00043400590551181 | 5.5 | = 0.00095481299212598 |
3 | = 0.00052080708661417 | 6 | = 0.0010416141732283 |
The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length standardized to 4 inches (101.6 mm). It is used to measure the height of horses in some English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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hand | ≡ 4 in | ≡ 0.1016 m | Metric system Non-SI |
hands | twips | hands | twips |
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1 | = 5760.2902823449 | 4 | = 23041.16112938 |
1.5 | = 8640.4354235174 | 4.5 | = 25921.306270552 |
2 | = 11520.58056469 | 5 | = 28801.451411725 |
2.5 | = 14400.725705862 | 5.5 | = 31681.596552897 |
3 | = 17280.870847035 | 6 | = 34561.74169407 |
twips | hands |
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1 | = 0.0001736 |
5,760.2902823 | = 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |