1 centimetre
A clickable mosaic of objects
at scales within direct human experience, from the micrometric (10−6 m, top left) to the multi-kilometric (105 m, bottom right).
at scales within direct human experience, from the micrometric (10−6 m, top left) to the multi-kilometric (105 m, bottom right).
To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−2 m and 10−1 m (1 cm and 10 cm).
Distances shorter than 1 cm
- 1 cm — 10 millimeters
- 1 cm — 0.39 inches
- 1 cm — edge of square of area 1 cm2
- 1 cm — edge of cube of volume 1 ml
- 1 cm — approximate width of average fingernail
- 1.5 cm — length of a very large mosquito
- 2 cm — approximate width of an adult Human finger
- 2.54 cm — 1 inch
- 3.1 cm — 1 attoparsec (10−18 parsecs)
- 3.5 cm — width of film commonly used in motion pictures and still photography
- 4.3 cm — minimum diameter of a golf ball[1]
- 7.3-7.5 cm — diameter of a baseball[2]
- 8.6 cm × 5.4 cm — dimensions of a standard credit card[3]
Distances longer than 10 cm
See also
References
- ↑ "USGA: Guide to the Rules on Clubs and Balls". USGA. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ "Official Rules". MLB. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ↑ "Credit Card Dimensions". Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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