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Centimeter

Definition: A centimeter (symbol: cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), the current form of the metric organisation. It is defined as one/100 meters.

History/origin: A centimeter is based on the SI unit of measurement meter, and as the prefix "centi" indicates, is equal to one hundredth of a meter. Metric prefixes range from factors of x^-xviii to 10¹⁸ based on a decimal system, with the base (in this instance the meter) having no prefix and having a factor of 1. Learning some of the more normally used metric prefixes, such as kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-, centi-, milli-, micro-, and nano-, can exist helpful for quickly navigating metric units.

Current use: The centimeter, similar the meter, is used in all sorts of applications worldwide (in countries that have undergone metrication) in instances where a smaller denomination of the meter is required. Tiptop is usually measured in centimeters outside of countries like the United States.

Inch

Definition: An inch (symbol: in) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. An inch was defined to be equivalent to exactly 25.4 millimeters in 1959. In that location are 12 inches in a human foot and 36 inches in a grand.

History/origin: The term "inch" was derived from the Latin unit "uncia" which equated to "one-twelfth" of a Roman foot.

There accept been a number of different standards for the inch in the past, with the current definition being based on the international yard. I of the earliest definitions of the inch was based on barleycorns, where an inch was equal to the length of three grains of dry, round barley placed end-to-stop. Some other version of the inch is besides believed to take been derived from the width of a human thumb, where the length was obtained from averaging the width of three thumbs: a pocket-sized, a medium, and a large ane.

Current use: The inch is mostly used in the U.s.a., Canada, and the Uk. It is also sometimes used in Japan (every bit well every bit other countries) in relation to electronic parts, like the size of display screens.

Centimeter to Inch Conversion Table

Centimeter [cm]	Inch [in]
0.01 cm	0.0039370079 in
0.1 cm	0.0393700787 in
ane cm	0.3937007874 in
ii cm	0.7874015748 in
3 cm	1.1811023622 in
5 cm	i.968503937 in
x cm	three.937007874 in
20 cm	vii.874015748 in
fifty cm	xix.6850393701 in
100 cm	39.3700787402 in
thousand cm	393.7007874016 in