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1 E-1 m

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 inch.
  • 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
• 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