"centi."
Centi- as in centimetre, centilitre, even century.
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The prefix is cent, e.g. * cents * centimetre * centigrade * century * centenary
A Centimeter.one centimeter (0.3937 in)One hundredth of meter is centimeter. The very prefix "centi" is for one in one hundred. Its mathematical notation is given as 10^-2
In the metric system, the prefix "centi-" means one per cent, or a hundredth of the base unit. Centimetres are .01 metres. Centilitres are .01 litres. Centigrams are .01 grams. Centiares are .01 ares (not that anyone ever talks about centiares or ares for that matter).
Centi- is the prefix for hundredth and milli- is the prefix for thousandths. A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter. A millimeter is one thousandths of a meter. There are ten millimeters in one centimeter and there are one hundred centimeters in a meter.
Hundredth or 0.01
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The common prefix for one hundredth is centi. For example, one hundredth of a metre is one centimetre. One hundredth of a gram is one centigram.
The prefix is cent, e.g. * cents * centimetre * centigrade * century * centenary
In metric units, the centi- prefix means one hundredth. eg a centimetre is one hundredth of a metre. eg a centilitre is one hundredth of a litre
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it means one hundredth e.g. centimetre one hundredth of a metre
Centi- is Latin, meaning a hundredth of a unit of measurement.
The prefix 'Centi' means one one hundredth (1/100) as ... a Centimeter is a hundredth of a Meter.
The prefix for one hundredth of a unit is "centi-". For example, one centimeter is one hundredth of a meter.
Actually, "si" is not a recognized prefix for a factor of 0.01. The prefix "centi-" is commonly used to represent a factor of 0.01 in the metric system.
"Cent-" is a prefix meaning one hundredth or a fraction of a whole. It is derived from the Latin word "centum" meaning one hundred.
.00023 cm. MILI prefix= one thousandth CENTI prefix= one hundredth