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centimeter
Symbol:  cm 
Category:  Length 
SI Equivalent:  10×10-3 m
Dimension:  L 
System:  SI 
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  Symbol Unit Name
1.88973×108  a.u., a0, b  a.u. of length 
10×107  Å  angstrom 
34.3775  arcmin  arcmin 
6.68459×10-14  AU, UA  astronomical unit 
10×1015  am  attometer 
1.1811    barleycorn (UK) 
1.88973×108  a0, b  bohr (first Bohr radius) 
2.73403×10-4    bolt (US cloth) 
4.72441  line (UK)  button (UK) 
15.748  line (US)  button (US) 
5.39957×10-5    cable length (int.) 
5.39612×10-5    cable length (UK) 
4.55672×10-5    cable length (US) 
39.3701  caliber, cin  caliber (centiinch) 
3.28084×10-4  ch  chain (engineer's) 
4.97097×10-4  ch  chain (Gunter's) 
3.28084×10-4  ch  chain (Ramsden's) 
4.97097×10-4  ch  chain (surveyor's) 
2.18723×10-2    cubit (UK) 
10×10-4  dam  decameter 
10×10-2  dm  decimeter 
3.54869×1012  re  electron classical radius 
8.74891×10-3    ell 
2.37107    ems (pica) 
10×10-21  Em  exameter 
5.46807×10-3  fath  fathom 
10×1012  fm  femtometer 
10×1012  F, f  fermi 
1.88973×108  a0, b, a.u.  first Bohr radius 
3.28084×10-2  ft  foot 
30  fr  French 
4.97097×10-5  fur  furlong (UK) 
4.97097×10-5  fur  furlong (US) 
10×10-12  Gm  gigameter 
9.84252×10-2  hd  hand (UK) 
10×10-5  hm  hectometer 
1.05702×10-27    hubble 
0.393701  in  inch 
10×10-6  km  kilometer 
3.24078×10-22  kpc  kiloparsec 
2.07168×10-6    league (Canadian) 
1.79986×10-6  leag. (int. naut.)  league (int. naut.) 
2.07124×10-6  leag. (stat.)  league (statute, land) 
1.79871×10-6  leag. (UK, naut.)  league (UK, naut.) 
1.79871×10-6  leag. (US, naut.)  league (US, naut.) 
3.8607×10-16    light-day 
9.26567×10-15    light-hour 
5.5594×10-13    light-minute 
3.33564×10-11    light-second 
1.05702×10-18  ly  light-year 
4.72441  line (UK)  line (UK) 
15.748  line (US)  line (US) 
3.28084×10-2    link (engineer's) 
4.97097×10-2    link (Gunter's) 
3.28084×10-2    link (Ramsden's) 
4.97097×10-2    link (surveyor's) 
10×10-9  Mm  megameter 
10×10-3  m  meter 
3.93701×105  µin  microinch 
10000  µm  micron 
393.701  mil, thou  mil (thou) 
1.34742×10-6  mile (geogr.)  mile (geographical) 
6.2137×10-6  mi (int.)  mile (international) 
5.39957×10-6  mi (naut., int.)  mile (nautical, international) 
5.38991×10-6  mi (naut., teleg.)  mile (nautical, telegraph) 
5.39612×10-6  mi (naut., UK, US)  mile (nautical, UK, US) 
6.21371×10-6  mi (stat.)  mile (statute, land) 
6.2137×10-6  mi (survey, US)  mile (survey, US) 
10  mm  millimeter 
1×107  mµ, nm  millimicron 
4.37445×10-2    nail (UK) 
1×107  nm  nanometer 
5.39957×10-6  mi (int. naut.)  nautical mile (international) 
5.39612×10-6  mi (UK, US, naut.)  nautical mile (UK, US) 
1.31234×10-2    pace (UK) 
0.131234    palm (UK) 
3.24078×10-19  pc  parsec 
1.98839×10-3  rd  perch (rod, pole) 
10×10-18  Pm  petameter 
2.37106    pica 
10×109  pm  picometer 
28.4528    point (US printer's) 
1.98839×10-3  rd  pole (rod, perch) 
10×10-10    quadrant 
1.98839×10-3  rd  rod (perch, pole) 
1.64042×10-3    rope (UK) 
4.37445×10-2    span 
10×10-15  Tm  terameter 
393.701  thou, mil  thou (mil) 
9.99792×1010  UX, X  X-unit 
1.09361×10-2  yd  yard 
10×1021  ym  yoctometer 
10×10-27  Ym  yottameter 
1×1019  zm  zeptometer 
10×10-24  Zm  zettameter 
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