Almond (Nonpareil kernel)
24.16 mm (0.9512 in)
Kernel length
The kernel of the most widely grown almond variety. About 2.4 cm long.
Published
How big is that?
24.16 mm is 3.4 times a grain of rice and 28% of a credit card.
Almond is the 5th smallest of the 31 Kitchen Table objects, and the 40th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Nickel (US five cents) (Classic), 21.21 mm across and US quarter (Classic), 24.26 mm across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Almond in orange beside the Kitchen Table objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Almond |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee bean (Roasted arabica)A roasted arabica bean, ready for the grinder. | 10 mm long | 41% of the size |
| Sugar cubeA standard sugar cube, which is really a small brick. | 16 mm | 66% of the size |
| Almond (Nonpareil kernel) | 24.16 mm long | – |
| Espresso cupA small cup for a single shot, measured on an IKEA 365+ 6 cl cup. | 50 mm tall | 2.1× bigger |
| Hen's egg (Large)A large chicken egg, measured along its long axis. | 55 mm tall | 2.3× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 24.16 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 2.416 |
| Metres | 0.02416 |
| Inches | 0.9512 |
| Feet | 0.07927 |
How it's measured
Kernel length. Mean of measured Nonpareil kernels (Zheng and Fielke 2014).
Sources
- ijabe.org: Int J Agric Biol Eng 7(5), Table 1, kernel: length 24.16 ± 1.51 mm.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Almond is one of the objects in Kitchen Table, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.