2007-02-14 22:37:05 · 7 answers · asked by jwr_imr 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I have a persistent memory from pre-decimal schooldays in the UK that, somewhere and sometime, a hairsbreadth was defined to be precisely one forty-eighth of an inch. No amount of later Googling has confirmed this for me.
2007-02-15 00:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get technical about it I'd say about 1/10th of a millimeter. This is a variable number though,different people have different hair thickness!
2007-02-15 06:47:31 · answer #2 · answered by New Boots. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. It is an expression only. A human hair varies in diameter but .003 is about right.
2007-02-15 07:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1/1000 of an inch.
2007-02-15 06:48:16 · answer #4 · answered by ThinkaboutThis 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the term is actually 'a hair's breadth'.....meaning the width of a hair.
2007-02-15 07:29:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
about as close to death as u can come with out dieing
2007-02-15 06:47:32 · answer #6 · answered by snakhide 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Less than this close
2007-02-15 06:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋