Black peppercorn
4.865 mm (0.1915 in)
Geometric mean diameter
A dried berry of the pepper vine: the spice in every pepper mill. About 4.9 mm across.
Published
How big is that?
4.865 mm is 70 times the width of a human hair and 68% of a grain of rice.
Black peppercorn is the smallest of the 31 Kitchen Table objects, and the 25th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Sesame seed (Tiny Worlds), 2.96 mm long and Yellow fever mosquito (Tiny Worlds), 5.5 mm long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Black peppercorn in orange beside the Kitchen Table objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Black peppercorn |
|---|---|---|
| Black peppercorn | 4.865 mm across | – |
| Grain of rice (Long-grain, milled)A single grain of long-grain white rice. | 7.15 mm long | 1.5× bigger |
| Coffee bean (Roasted arabica)A roasted arabica bean, ready for the grinder. | 10 mm long | 2.1× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 4.865 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 0.4865 |
| Metres | 0.004865 |
| Inches | 0.1915 |
How it's measured
Geometric mean diameter. Midpoint of the measured range, 4.63 to 5.10 mm (Balasubramanian et al. 2013).
The source gives a range, so this is the middle of it.
Sources
- updatepublishing.com: Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops 22(2): the geometric mean diameter increased from 4.63 mm to 5.10 mm.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Black peppercorn 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.