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1 decimetre

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

Conversions

10 cm is equal to

• 1 decimeter,
• 100 millimeters,
• 3.9 inches,
• A side of a square of area 0.01 m²
• The edge of a cube with a volume of 1 liter

91.44 cm is one yard

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)

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
• 29.9 cm — length of average human foot
• 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)
• Decimetre