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The centimetre is a Base Unit in the Centimetre-gram-second systems of units, now largely but not completely supplanted by the International System Of Units (SI).

One inch is 2.54 cm.

Centimetres are used to measure small lengths. A centimetre is approximately the width of an adult fingernail or the black keys of a piano.

One cubic centimetre in volume is equal to one Millilitre .

See 1 E-2 M for a comparison with other lengths.

See also: Orders Of Magnitude , Conversion Of Units

Millimetre << centimetre << Decimetre


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