To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10−2 m and 10−1 m (1 cm and 10 cm).
- 1 cm — 10 millimeters
- 1 cm — .39 inches
- 1 cm — edge of square of area 1 cm2
- 1 cm — edge of cube of volume 1 ml
- 1 cm — approximate width of average fingernail
- 1.5 cm — length of a very large mosquito
- 2 cm — approximate width of an adult human finger
- 2.54 cm — 1 inch
- 3.1 cm — 1 attoparsec (10−18 parsecs)
- 3.5 cm — width of film commonly used in motion pictures and still photography
- 4.27 cm — diameter of a golfball
- 7.32 cm — diameter of a baseball
- 8.5 cm × 5.4 cm — dimensions of a typical credit card
- 10 cm × 5 cm × 1 cm — 2006 dimensions of a typical hand-held device such as a mobile phone or a digital audio player
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