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Quick Reference

1 Shaftment = 8574.18 Twip

1 Twip = 1.166e-4 Shaftment

Shaftment to Twip Conversion Formula

To convert Shaftment to Twip, multiply by 8574.18.

Twip = Shaftment × 8574.18

Shaftment = Twip × 1.166e-4

To convert Twip back to Shaftment, divide by 8574.18 (or multiply by 1.166e-4).

About These Units

About Shaftment

A shaftment, when used as a unit of length, is usually six inches or two palms, i.e. 15.24 cm (for the international inch). It is thought to be the distance from the tip of the outstretched thumb to the other side of the palm.In English this unit has mostly fallen out of use, as do others based on the human arm: digit (1/8 shaftment), finger (7/48 shaftment), palm (½ shaftment) hand (2/3 shaftment), span (1½ shaftments), cubit (3 shaftments) and ell (7½ shaftments).

About Twip

A twip (which stands for Twentieth of a Point) is a typographical measurement. It is also used as the default measurement in Visual Basic. A twip is 1/1440 of an inch when derived from the PostScript point at 72 to the inch, as opposed to the printers point at 72.27 to the inch.

Shaftment to Twip Conversion Table

Shaftment	Twip	Twip	Shaftment
0.1	857.4182	0.1	1.166e-5
0.5	4287.09	0.5	5.831e-5
1	8574.18	1	1.166e-4
2	17148.36	2	2.333e-4
5	42870.91	5	5.831e-4
10	85741.82	10	1.166e-3
20	171483.64	20	2.333e-3
25	214354.56	25	2.916e-3
50	428709.11	50	5.831e-3
100	857418.22	100	0.011663
250	2143545.55	250	0.029157
500	4287091.10	500	0.058315
1000	8574182.21	1000	0.116629

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