Thou to inches Converter

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This page allows you to convert length values expressed in thou to their equivalent in inches.

Enter the value in thou in the top field (the one marked "thou"), then press the "Convert" button or the "Enter" key. The converter also works the other way round: if you enter the value in inches in the "in" field, the equivalent value in thou is calculated and displayed in the top field.

Thou

The thou is a unit of measure for length equivalent to 1/1000 of an inch, that is 0.001 inches. It is also known as 'mil'. Introduced around 1844, it is still used today in manufacturing specifications of certain products such as printed circuit boards (ex. size of via holes and distance between lines), paper thickness (ex. newspaper paper thickness is around 2 to 4 thou), latex gloves. Reference: Wikipedia

Inch

The inch is a unit of length in the U.S. Customary System. It's length, based on the metric system, is 0.0254 meters. 1 inch is one twelfth of a foot. If printed full size, this line would be approximately 1 inch long: beginning of line 1 inch line end of line . Symbols for inch are in (standard) and ″.