centimetres
To measure an object smaller than an inch you can use a ruler. Builders often use rulers to measure things smaller than an inch. Or you can use a vernier caliper to accurately measure small things.
If you r are talking about what measurements you use then you use parts of an inch ie 16ths or 8ths or 32nds of an inch.
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∙ 2010-05-26 02:36:20Yes a 1/4 of an inch is smaller than 1/2 an inch
Because people sometimes want to measure things that are smaller than an inch, or because they are not a whole number of inches long.
Yes, on inch is 2.54 centimeters, so a centimeter is smaller than an inch.
A centimeter is about 2.54 times smaller than an inch.
Half an inch.
An inch consists of 16 scale divisions (1/16, 2/16, etc.) If you consider metric system, then the smaller measure units would be centimeter (1 inch = 2.54 cm) and millimeter (1 cm = 10 mm).
1/2 of an inch would be smaller than 3/4ths of an inch.
A ruler will measure anything smaller than a piece of paper (paper size is not given). If this is not meant by the question, more info is required.
A millimeter is 25.4 times smaller than one inch.
You measure the screen by going diagonal across the screen. Some screens are up to one inch smaller than their advertised size.
A centimeter and a milimeter.
Yes!