centimetre

Summary

centimetre is an unit of length^[1]. centimetre draws 3,686 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_length category, ranking #24 of 96).^[2]

Key Facts

• centimetre's instance of is recorded as unit of length^[3].
• centimetre's instance of is recorded as SI derived unit^[4].
• centimetre's instance of is recorded as metric unit^[5].
• centimetre's measured physical quantity is recorded as length^[6].
• centimetre is part of centimeter–gram–second system of units^[7].
• centimetre's Commons category is recorded as Centimetre^[8].
• centimetre's Unicode character is recorded as ㎝^[9].
• centimetre's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10^[10].
• centimetre's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C49668^[11].
• centimetre's short name is recorded as cm^[12].
• centimetre's short name is recorded as cm^[13].
• centimetre's different from is recorded as cent^[14].
• centimetre's conversion to SI unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[15].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00001'}^[16].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}^[17].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.032808'}^[18].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.39370'}^[19].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.010936'}^[20].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.000006213711922373339'}^[21].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0000000000000000010570'}^[22].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1'}^[23].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00000000000000000032408'}^[24].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+393700'}^[25].
• centimetre's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'amount': '+10000'}^[26].
• centimetre's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as 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)^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of length^[3], SI derived unit^[4], and metric unit^[5].

Use and Application

centimetre is part of centimeter–gram–second system of units^[7].

Why It Matters

centimetre draws 3,686 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 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]