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).
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[edit] 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
91.44 cm is one yard
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] Nature
- 10.0 cm — diameter of the cervix upon entering the second stage of labour (in humans).
- 14.0 cm — length of average human penis.
- 66.0 cm — length of the longest pine cones (produced by the sugar pine)
