What does 48 centimetres look like?

48-Centimetre Distance Comparisons

• For scale, 48 centimetres is about 1.1 times the short side of an A2 sheet.

  Using the source measurement of 42 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 1.1 of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the height of a tennis net at centre, 48 centimetres spans about 53% of that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 91.4 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 53% of it.

  Source: International Tennis Federation

• For scale, 48 centimetres is about 4.6 times the short side of an A6 sheet.

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

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the height of a full-size football goal, 48 centimetres spans about 20% of that reference.

  Its published measurement is 244 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: FIFA

• 48 centimetres is about 5.6 times the long edge of an ISO ID-1 payment card.

  Using the source measurement of 8.56 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 5.6 of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• For scale, 48 centimetres is about 18% of the length of a table-tennis table.

  Using the source measurement of 274 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 18% of it.

  Source: International Table Tennis Federation

• Measured against the short side of a €50 note, 48 centimetres spans about 6.2 times that reference.

  Its published measurement is 7.7 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: European Central Bank

• 48 centimetres is approximately 18.9 inches.

  Using the exact conversion that 1 centimetre equals exactly 0.3937007874 inches, the unrounded result is 18.898 inches.