centimetre

SI unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre
Intangible unit_of_length Q174728
centimetre
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centimetre

Summary

centimetre is an unit of length[1]. centimetre draws 318 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_length category, ranking #24 of 96).[2]

Key Facts

  • centimetre's image is recorded as 1cm.svg[3].
  • centimetre's instance of is recorded as unit of length[4].
  • centimetre's instance of is recorded as SI derived unit[5].
  • centimetre's instance of is recorded as metric unit[6].
  • centimetre's measured physical quantity is recorded as length[7].
  • centimetre's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008006746[8].
  • centimetre's subclass of is recorded as metre[9].
  • centimetre's part of is recorded as centimeter–gram–second system of units[10].
  • centimetre's Commons category is recorded as Centimetre[11].
  • centimetre's Unicode character is recorded as ㎝[12].
  • centimetre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024_6[13].
  • centimetre's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300379098[14].
  • centimetre's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[15].
  • centimetre's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/centimetre[16].
  • centimetre's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C49668[17].
  • centimetre's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'cm'}[18].
  • centimetre's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pap', 'text': 'cm'}[19].
  • centimetre's different from is recorded as cent[20].
  • centimetre's FAST ID is recorded as 1746445[21].
  • centimetre's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.01'}[22].
  • centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+0.00001'}[23].
  • centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+10'}[24].
  • centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+0.032808'}[25].
  • centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q218593', 'amount': '+0.39370'}[26].
  • centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q482798', 'amount': '+0.010936'}[27].

Why It Matters

centimetre draws 318 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_length category, ranking #24 of 96).[2] centimetre has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] centimetre is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . SI Brochure (8th edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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