1 millimetre

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).

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10⁻³ m and 10⁻² m (1 mm and 1 cm).

Distances shorter than 1 mm

• 1.0 mm — 1/1000 of a metre
• 1.0 mm — 0.03937 inches or 5/127 (exactly)
• 1.0 mm — side of square of area 1 mm²
• 1.0 mm — diameter of a pinhead
• 1.5 mm — length of average flea^[1]
• 2.54 mm — distance between pins on old DIP (dual-inline-package) electronic components
• 5 mm — length of average red ant
• 5.56 x 45 mm NATO — standard ammunition size
• 6 mm -- approximate width of a pencil
• 7.62 x 51 mm NATO — common military ammunition size^[2]

Distances longer than 1 cm

See also

• Orders of magnitude (length)
• Millimeter

References