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Centimetre

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.

External link

Conversion Calculator for Units of LENGTH (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccleng.htm)

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