Sesame seed
2.96 mm (0.1165 in)
Seed length
A flat, teardrop seed from the sesame plant. About 3 mm long.
Published
How big is that?
2.96 mm is 42 times the width of a human hair and 41% of a grain of rice.
Sesame seed is the 9th largest of the 32 Tiny Worlds objects, and the 24th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Black peppercorn (Kitchen Table), 4.865 mm across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Sesame seed in orange beside the Tiny Worlds objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Sesame seed |
|---|---|---|
| Head louse (Adult)The wingless insect that lives in human hair, seen from above. | 2.5 mm long | 84% of the size |
| Argentine ant (Worker)A tiny brown ant that forms supercolonies, seen from the side. All workers are one size. | 2.5 mm long | 84% of the size |
| Sesame seed | 2.96 mm long | – |
| Yellow fever mosquitoAedes aegypti, the mosquito with white-striped legs that spreads dengue and Zika. | 5.5 mm long | 1.9× bigger |
| Bed bug (Adult)A flat, oval blood-feeder about the size of an apple seed, seen from above. | 6 mm long | 2× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 2.96 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 0.296 |
| Metres | 0.00296 |
| Inches | 0.1165 |
How it's measured
Seed length. Midpoint of the means of three varieties, 2.80 to 3.12 mm (Food Sci. Preserv. 2025).
The source gives a range, so this is the middle of it.
Sources
- ekosfop.or.kr: Food Science and Preservation 32(5): seed length 2.80 to 3.12 mm (from YS to WS).
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Sesame seed is one of the objects in Tiny Worlds, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.