1 centimetre
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Template:Orders of magnitude (length) imagemap human-scale
To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−2 m and 10−1 m (1 cm and 10 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]
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.