Grain of rice: how big is it?
Grain of rice is about 7 mm. In everyday terms, that is ≈ 100 human hairs (width).
- Size
- 7 mm
- In metres
- 7.00 × 10⁻³ m
- Everyday comparison
- ≈ 100 human hairs (width)
- Chapter
- Small Wonders
Did you know?
Rice is the main food for more than half the people on Earth.
How it compares
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Sizes are rounded, typical values drawn from standard reference sources, including NIST/CODATA physical constants and NASA's planetary fact sheets. Real objects vary; see About for how sizes are chosen.