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centimeter

  (sĕn'tə-mē'tər)

A unit of length equal to one hundredth (10^-2) of a meter.

One hundredth of a meter; equal to somewhat less than half an inch.

A unit of measurement that is 1/100th of a meter or approximately 4/10ths of an inch (0.39 inch).

[Etymology: centi- + metre] length Symbol cm. (Metric) ¹/₁₀₀ m (0.393 70~ in, i.e. ¹/_2.54 in), the base unit for length in the c.g.s. system.

See also electromagnetic centimetre; electrostatic centimetre.

In the metric system, a measure of length equal to a hundredth part of a meter, or 0.3937+ in.; abbreviated cm; an inch equals 2.54 cm.

A unit of length in the metric system; one-hundredth of a meter, or about two-fifths of an inch.

One-hundredth of a meter, or approximately 0.3937 inch; abbreviated cm.

• cubic c. — a unit of capacity, being that of a cube 1 cm on a side; abbreviated cm³, cu.cm. or cc.

To convert from centimeters to:

feet, multiply by .03281.
inches, multiply by .3937.
kilometers, multiply by .00001.
meters, multiply by .01.
miles, multiply by 6.214E-06.
millimeters, multiply by 10.
mils, multiply by 393.7.
yards, multiply by .01094.