1 E-1 m - Definition and Overview

To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10^-1 m and 1 m (10 cm and 1 m). See also lengths of other orders of magnitude.

• Shorter lengths
• 10 cm is equal to
  • 1 decimetre,
  • 100 millimetres,
  • 3.9 inches,
  • width of square of area 0.01 m².
  • edge of cube of volume 1 liter,
  • wavelength of the highest UHF radio frequency, 3 GHz.
• 10 cm, diameter of the cervix upon entering the second stage of labour
• 12 cm, wavelength of the 2.45 GHz ISM radio band
• 15 cm, height of a Lilliputian from Gulliver's Travels
• 15 cm, length of average human penis.
• 21 cm, wavelength of the 1.4 GHz hydrogen emission line
• 30.48 cm, 1 foot
• 50-65 cm, a pizote's tail
• 66 cm, length of the longest pine cones (produced by the sugar pine)
• 89 cm, average adult height of a hobbit
• 90 cm, average length of a rapier, a fencing sword
• 91.44 cm, 1 yard
• 100 cm, wavelength of the lowest UHF radio frequency, 300 MHz
• 100 cm, 1 metre
• Longer lengths

External link

• Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccleng.htm)