Size
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The size of something is how much space the thing takes. It can also be described as how big or small something is.
Sizes can be measured. When a size is measured, it is given a number.[1] for comparison.
It can be measured with different types of systems, example: the metric system.
Words for sizes
- little
- smaller/little is very small, as in short.
- small means "little"
- tiny means "very little"
- big
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- large means "big"
- huge means "very big"
Small and big are opposites. (There are more words for big and little, examples are: gigantic, microscopic, short, tall, etc)
Examples
- Example 1
- The green box is larger in size than the yellow box.
Size Media
A diagram comparing the size of an average human diver to the size of the modern great white shark, whale shark, and the prehistoric megalodon. The illustration also contains a linear measurement in meters in the middle.
A size comparison illustration comparing the sizes of various planets and stars. In each grouping after the first, the last object from the previous group is presented as the first object of the following group, to present a continuous sense of comparison.
A bat skull next to a ruler used to measure size.*Size: 7 mm (0.28 in)
A finch egg next to a dime; a person familiar with the size of a dime would thereby have a sense of the size of the egg.
Forced perspective illusion wherein the perceived size of the Sphinx next to a human is distorted by the incomplete view of both, and the appearance of physical contact between the two.
This animation gives a sense of the scale of some of the known objects in our universe.
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