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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 typical credit card[3]
Distances longer than 10 cm
See also
References
- ^ "USGA: Guide to the Rules on Clubs and Balls". USGA. http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-on-Clubs-and-Balls/Appendix-III-%e2%80%93-The-Ball/. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Official Rules". MLB. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/objectives_1.jsp. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Credit Card Dimensions". http://www.dimensionsguide.com/credit-card-dimensions/. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
Orders of magnitude for length in E notation shorter than one metre: <−24 −24 −23 −22 −21 −20 −19 −18 −17 −16 −15 −14 −13 −12 −11 −10 −9 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 longer than 1 metre: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Categories:
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