1 E-1 m

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

Distances shorter than 10 cm

Contents 1 Conversions 2 Wavelengths 3 Human-built structures 4 Nature 5 See also

Conversions

10 cm is equal to

• 1 decimetre,
• 100 millimetres,
• 3.9 inches,
• a side of a square of area 0.01 m²
• edge of cube of volume 1 litre

Wavelengths

• 10.0 cm — wavelength of the highest UHF radio frequency, 3 GHz
• 12.0 cm — wavelength of the 2.45 GHz ISM radio band
• 21.0 cm — wavelength of the 1.4 GHz hydrogen emission line
• 100 cm — wavelength of the lowest UHF radio frequency, 300 MHz

Human-built structures

• 12.0 cm — diameter of a Compact disc (CD) (= 120mm)
• 30.0 cm — typical school-use ruler length (= 300mm)
• 60.0 cm — standard depth (front to back} of a domestic kitchen worktop in Europe (= 600mm)
• 90.0 cm — average length of a rapier, a fencing sword

Nature

• 10.0 cm — diameter of the cervix upon entering the second stage of labour
• 14.0 cm — length of average human penis.
• 66.0 cm — length of the longest pine cones (produced by the sugar pine)

Distances longer than 1 m

See also

• Orders of magnitude (length)es:1 E-1 m

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