1 decimetre

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Orders of magnitude (length) in E notation
0 m 1 E-24 m 1 E-23 m 1 E-22 m 1 E-21 m 1 E-20 m 1 E-19 m 1 E-18 m 1 E-17 m 1 E-16 m 1 E-15 m 1 E-14 m 1 E-13 m 1 E-12 m 1 E-11 m 1 E-10 m 1 E-9 m 1 E-8 m 1 E-7 m 1 E-6 m 1 E-5 m 1 E-4 m 1 E-3 m 1 E-2 m 1 E-1 m 1 E0 m	1 E+1 m 1 E+2 m 1 E+3 m 1 E+4 m 1 E+5 m 1 E+6 m 1 E+7 m 1 E+8 m 1 E+9 m 1 E+10 m 1 E+11 m 1 E+12 m 1 E+13 m 1 E+14 m 1 E+15 m 1 E+16 m 1 E+17 m 1 E+18 m 1 E+19 m 1 E+20 m 1 E+21 m 1 E+22 m 1 E+23 m 1 E+24 m 1 E+25 m 1 E+26 m

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10⁻¹ m and 1 m (10 cm and 1 m).

Distances shorter than 10 cm

Contents 1 Conversions 2 Wavelengths 3 Human-built structures 4 Nature 5 See also

[edit] Conversions

10 cm is equal to

• 1 decimeter,
• 100 millimeters,
• 3.9 inches,
• A side of a square of area 0.01 m²
• The edge of a cube with a volume of 1 liter

91.44 cm is one yard

[edit] Wavelengths

• 10.0 cm — wavelength of the highest UHF radio frequency, 3 GHz
• 12.0 cm — wavelength of the 2.45 GHz ISM radio band
• 21.0 cm — wavelength of the 1.4 GHz hydrogen emission line
• 100 cm — wavelength of the lowest UHF radio frequency, 300 MHz

[edit] Human-built structures

• 12.0 cm — diameter of a Compact disc (CD) (= 120mm)
• 30.0 cm — typical school-use ruler length (= 300mm)
• 60.0 cm — standard depth (front to back) of a domestic kitchen worktop in Europe (= 600mm)

[edit] Nature

• 10.0 cm — diameter of the cervix upon entering the second stage of labour (in humans)
• 14.0 cm — length of average human penis
• 29.9 cm — length of average human foot
• 66.0 cm — length of the longest pine cones (produced by the sugar pine)

Distances longer than 1 m

[edit] See also

• Orders of magnitude (length)
• Decimetre