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  2. List of examples of lengths - Wikipedia

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    22 cm = 2.2 dm — diameter of a typical soccer ball; 30.48 cm = 3.048 dm — 1 foot; 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 [35] 91.44 cm = 9.144 dm — one yard

  3. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The centimetre (SI symbol: cm) is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10−2 metres (⁠ 1 100 ⁠ m = 0.01 m). To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −2 m and 10 −1 m (1 cm and 1 dm). 1 cm – 10 millimetres. 1 cm – 0.39 inches. 1 cm – edge of a square of area 1 cm 2.

  4. Metre - Wikipedia

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    The metre (or meter in US spelling; symbol: m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Since 2019, the metre has been defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of ⁠ 1 / 299 792 458 ⁠ of a second, where the second is defined by a hyperfine transition frequency of caesium.

  5. History of the metre - Wikipedia

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    Archaeologists consider that this 51.85 cm long unit was the origin of the Roman foot. Indeed, the Egyptians divided the Sumerian cubit into 28 fingers and 16 of these fingers gave a Roman foot of 29.633 cm. [5] [6] [7] The Roman foot was divided into 4 palms, 12 inches or 16 fingers. A Roman cubit was equivalent to 1.5 feet, a pace to 5 feet.

  6. Centimetre - Wikipedia

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    The microwave is in-between 1 meter to 1 millimeter. A centimetre or centimeter (US/Philippine spelling), with SI symbol cm, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of ⁠ 1 100 ⁠. [1] Equivalently, there are 100 centimetres in 1 metre.

  7. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Anthropometric data such as height may be recorded in centimeters. [90] The body mass index (BMI) is expressed in kg/m 2, even though it may be computed from pounds and inches. Even if the medical practice takes height and weight data in terms of SI units, it is almost always discussed with the patient in terms of customary units.

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  9. Largest prehistoric animals - Wikipedia

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    The largest canid of all time was Epicyon haydeni, which stood 90 cm (35 in) tall at the shoulder, had a body length of 2.4 m (7.9 ft) and weighed 100–125 kg (220–276 lb), [166] [167] [168] with the heaviest known specimen weighing up to 170 kg (370 lb). [42]