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Pica

A pica is a unit of length commonly used in typography and printing to measure font sizes, line lengths, and spacing. It is equal to 1/6 of an inch, or exactly 12 points in the point system.

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  1 pica = 1/6 inch ≈ 4.233 millimeters

  
  
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  1 pica = 12 points

  
  
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  Used primarily in graphic design, printing, and typesetting

  
  
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  Helps standardize the measurement of fonts, columns, and layouts

  
  

The pica remains a fundamental unit in desktop publishing and print design, helping maintain consistency in text and page formatting.

Planck Length

The Planck length is the smallest meaningful unit of length in physics, representing a fundamental scale at which classical ideas about gravity and space-time break down and quantum effects dominate.

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  It is defined as approximately 1.616 × 10⁻³⁵ meters.

  
  
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  The Planck length is derived from fundamental constants: the speed of light, Planck’s constant, and the gravitational constant.

  
  
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  It sets a theoretical limit below which the very concepts of space and distance may lose conventional meaning.

  
  
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  Used mainly in theories of quantum gravity and string theory.

  
  

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  1 Planck length ≈ 1.616 × 10⁻³⁵ m

  
  
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  Smallest scale in quantum physics and cosmology

  
  
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  Represents a scale where quantum effects of gravity become significant

  
  

The Planck length is crucial for understanding the fabric of the universe at its most fundamental level.