Centimetre : Centimeter
A centimetre (abbreviation cm; American spelling centimeter) is an SI unit of length.One centimetre is:
- one-hundredth of one metre
- one-tenth of a decimetre[?]
- ten millimetres.
See 1 E-2 m for a comparison with other lengths.
See also: orders of magnitude, conversion of units
External link
- Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccleng.htm)
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