twip
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A twip (abbreviating "twentieth of a point" or "twentieth of an inch point") is a typographical measurement, defined as of a typographical point. One twip is inch, or 17.64 μm.
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A twip (abbreviating "twentieth of a point" or "twentieth of an inch point") is a typographical measurement, defined as of a typographical point. One twip is inch, or 17.64 μm.
== In computing == Twips are screen-independent units to ensure that the proportion of screen elements are the same on all display systems. A twip is defined as being of an inch (approximately 17.64 μm).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “twip” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.