centimetre
SI unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre
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Summary
centimetre is an unit of length[1]. centimetre draws 5,813 Wikipedia views per month (unit of length category, ranking #24 of 96).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: SI derived unit[3], metric unit[4]
- Measured physical quantity: length[5]
- Part of: centimeter–gram–second system of units[6]
- Commons category: Centimetre[7]
- Unicode character: ㎝[8]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C49668[10]
- Short name: cm[11]
- Different from: cent[12]
- Conversion to SI unit: 0.01[13]
- Conversion to standard unit: 0.00001[14], 10[15], 0.032808[16], 0.39370[17], 0.010936[18], 0.000006213711922373339[19], 0.0000000000000000010570[20], 0.1[21], 0.00000000000000000032408[22], 393,700[23], 10,000[24]
- Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q174728 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[25]
- Unit symbol: 公分[26], সে.মি.[27], cm[28], سانتیمتر[29], ס"מ[30], см[31], സെ.മീ.[32], 厘米[33], سم[34], ச.மீ.[35], sm[36], 釐米[37]
Why It Matters
centimetre has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] centimetre is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]