centimetre (British spelling), centimeter (U.S. spelling)
centimeter
It came from the Greek word "centi" meaning one-hundredth. So it basically means one hundredth of a meter:) hope I helped;) add me on Facebook Iris Rose
It's centimeters, is how it's spelled. I edited the question with correct spelling for you. They are less than half an inch long. 2.5 centimeters makes an inch. "centi-" means hundredth, originating from the latin word, " centen hundred" and "-meter" means measure. It is a hundredth of a meter, on metric terms.
centimetre
1000. The part of the word "milli" means thousand.
the word hundredth means the 2nd number after the decimal point
From Latin, 'centi' means '100' ( One Hundred) So 'centimetre is one hundredth of a metre. On the Metric Linear Scale. 10 mm = 1 cm 100 cm = 1 m 1000 m = 1 km. Notice it goes up in multiples of an 'hundred;, The word 'centimetre' from its Latin root means ' one hundredth of a measure'.
a century
Centum is a Latin word that means "hundred". In the metric system, centi- is a prefix that denotes a factor of one hundredth (1/100) of a base unit. For example, centimeter is one hundredth of a meter.
Century, centennial, centenary
century centenary centennial
Sesquicentennial