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To help compare different orders of magnitude, this page lists lengths between 10^-5 m and 10^-4 m (10 µm and 100 µm).
'Distances shorter than 10 µm'

★ 10 µm — width of cotton fibre

★ 10-24 µm — dust mite excreta ¹

★ 10.6 µm — wavelength of light emitted by a carbon dioxide laser

★ 15 µm — width of silk fibre

★ 16 µm — diameter of a micromirror in a typical Digital micromirror device

★ 17.6 µm — one twip, a unit of length in typography

★ 20 µm — width of wool fibre

★ 25.4 µm — 1/1000^th inch, commonly referred to as 1 mil in the U.S. and 1 thou in the UK

★ 30-50 µm — diameter of a minicolumn in the human cortex

★ 50 µm — typical length of ''Euglena gracilis'', a flagellate protist

★ 80 µm — average width of human hair (ranges from 18 to 180 µm)
'Distances longer than 100 µm'

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References

See also

★ Orders of magnitude (length)

References

★ Ground samples: Microscopic fibers revealed