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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between one metre and ten metres. One metre is equivalent to 39 inches, 3.28 feet, 100 centimetres, or 1000 millimetres.
- Distances shorter than 1 m
- 1 metre is:
- 1 m -- wavelength of the highest VHF radio frequency, 300 MHz
- 1.1 - 1.2 m -- a pizote (mammal)
- 1.435m -- Standard gauge of railway track
- 1.70 m (5 feet 7 inches) - one smoot
- 1.83 m -- (6 feet) height of average/tall male human
- 2.77 - 3.44 m -- wavelength of the broadcast radio FM band 108 - 87 MHz
- 3.048 m -- (10 feet) height of the basket in basketball
- 4.80 - 5.50 m -- height of a giraffe
- 10 m -- wavelength of the lowest VHF radio frequency, 30 MHz
- Distances longer than 10 m

