What does 12 centimetres look like?

12-Centimetre Distance Comparisons

• For scale, 12 centimetres is about 57% of the long side of an A5 sheet.

  Its published measurement is 21 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• 12 centimetres is almost exactly the same distance as the diameter of a standard compact disc.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: Ecma International

• Measured against the maximum diameter of a tennis ball, 12 centimetres spans about 1.7 times that reference.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: International Tennis Federation

• For scale, 12 centimetres is almost exactly the same distance as the long side of a €10 note.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: European Central Bank

• 12 centimetres is about 5.2 times the diameter of a 1-euro coin.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: European Commission

• For scale, 12 centimetres is about 5.4 times the diameter of a 20-cent euro coin.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: European Commission

• For scale, 12 centimetres is about 5.6 times the diameter of a 5-cent euro coin.

  Its published measurement is 2.13 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: European Commission

• 12 centimetres is approximately 4.7 inches.

  Using the exact conversion that 1 centimetre equals exactly 0.3937007874 inches, the unrounded result is 4.724 inches.