What does 52 centimetres look like?

52-Centimetre Distance Comparisons

• Measured against the height of a tennis net at the posts, 52 centimetres spans about 49% of that reference.

  Its published measurement is 107 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: International Tennis Federation

• Measured against the short side of an A4 sheet, 52 centimetres spans about 2.5 times that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 21 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 2.5 of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the width of a singles badminton court, 52 centimetres spans about 10% of that reference.

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

  Source: Badminton World Federation

• Measured against the short side of an A1 sheet, 52 centimetres spans about 88% of that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 59.4 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 88% of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the long side of an A2 sheet, 52 centimetres spans about 88% of that reference.

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

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the short side of an A2 sheet, 52 centimetres spans about 1.2 times that reference.

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

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• For scale, 52 centimetres is about 1.2 times the long side of an A3 sheet.

  Using the source measurement of 42 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 1.2 of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• 52 centimetres is approximately 20.5 inches.

  Using the exact conversion that 1 centimetre equals exactly 0.3937007874 inches, the unrounded result is 20.472 inches.