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

• Distances shorter than 10 cm
• 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
• Distances longer than 1 m

See also

• Orders of magnitude (length)