1 decimetre
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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 centimetres and 100 centimetres (10−1 metre and 1 metre).
Distances shorter than 10 centimetres
Contents
Conversions
10 centimetres (abbreviated to 10 cm) is equal to:
- 1 decimetre (dm), a term not in common use
- 100 millimetres
- 3.9 inches
- a side of a square of area 0.01 m2[note 1]
- the edge of a cube with a volume of 1×10−3[note 1] (one litre)
Wavelengths
- 10 cm = 1.0 dm[note 1] – wavelength of the highest UHF radio frequency, 3 GHz
- 12 cm = 1.2 dm – wavelength of the 2.45 GHz ISM radio band
- 21 cm = 2.1 dm – wavelength of the 1.4 GHz hydrogen emission line, a hyperfine transition of the hydrogen atom
- 100 cm = 10 dm – wavelength of the lowest UHF radio frequency, 300 MHz
Human-defined scales and structures
- 10.16 cm = 1.016 dm – 1 hand used in measuring height of horses (4 inches)
- 12 cm = 1.2 dm – diameter of a Compact Disc (CD) (= 120 mm)
- 15 cm = 1.5 dm – length of a Bic pen with cap on
- 22 cm = 2.2 dm – diameter of a typical Association football (soccer ball)
- 30.48 cm = 3.048 dm – 1 foot (measure)
- 30 cm = 3 dm – typical school-use ruler length (= 300 mm)
- 60 cm = 6 dm – standard depth (front to back) of a domestic kitchen worktop in Europe (= 600 mm)
- 90 cm = 9 dm – average length of a rapier, a fencing sword[1]
- 91.44 cm = 9.144 dm – one yard (measure)
Nature
- 10 cm = 1 dm – diameter of the human cervix upon entering the second stage of labour[citation needed]
- 15 cm = 1.5 dm – approximate size of largest beetle species[citation needed]
- 29 cm = 2.9 dm – length of average human foot[citation needed]
- 29.98 cm = 2.998 dm – distance light travels in one nanosecond
- 31 cm = 3.1 dm – wingspan of largest butterfly species Ornithoptera alexandrae[citation needed]
- 50 to 65 cm = 5–6.5 dm – a pizote's tail[citation needed]
- 66 cm = 6.6 dm – length of the longest pine cones (produced by the Sugar pine[2])
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 m is an abbreviation of metre; cm of centimetre; dm of decimetre; m2 is short for square metre; m3 is short for cubic metre