centimeter | 1 cm | 2 cm | 3 cm | 4 cm | 5 cm | 6 cm | 7 cm | 8 cm | 9 cm | 10 cm | 11 cm | 12 cm | 13 cm | 14 cm | 15 cm | 16 cm | 17 cm | 18 cm | 19 cm | 20 cm | 21 cm | 22 cm | 23 cm | 24 cm | 25 cm | 26 cm | 27 cm | 28 cm | 29 cm | 30 cm | 31 cm | 32 cm | 33 cm | 34 cm | 35 cm | 36 cm | 37 cm | 38 cm | 39 cm | 40 cm | 41 cm | 42 cm | 43 cm | 44 cm | 45 cm | 46 cm | 47 cm | 48 cm | 49 cm | 50 cm | 51 cm | 52 cm | 53 cm | 54 cm | 55 cm | 56 cm | 57 cm | 58 cm | 59 cm | 60 cm | 61 cm | 62 cm | 63 cm | 64 cm | 65 cm | 66 cm | 67 cm | 68 cm | 69 cm | 70 cm | 71 cm | 72 cm | 73 cm | 74 cm | 75 cm | 76 cm | 77 cm | 78 cm | 79 cm | 80 cm | 81 cm | 82 cm | 83 cm | 84 cm | 85 cm | 86 cm | 87 cm | 88 cm | 89 cm | 90 cm | 91 cm | 92 cm | 93 cm | 94 cm | 95 cm | 96 cm | 97 cm | 98 cm | 99 cm | 100 cm |
link | 0.0497096 lnk | 0.0994192 lnk | 0.1491288 lnk | 0.1988384 lnk | 0.2485480 lnk | 0.2982576 lnk | 0.3479672 lnk | 0.3976768 lnk | 0.4473864 lnk | 0.4970960 lnk | 0.5468056 lnk | 0.5965152 lnk | 0.6462248 lnk | 0.6959344 lnk | 0.7456439 lnk | 0.7953535 lnk | 0.8450631 lnk | 0.8947727 lnk | 0.9444823 lnk | 0.9941919 lnk | 1.0439015 lnk | 1.0936111 lnk | 1.1433207 lnk | 1.1930303 lnk | 1.2427399 lnk | 1.2924495 lnk | 1.3421591 lnk | 1.3918687 lnk | 1.4415783 lnk | 1.4912879 lnk | 1.5409975 lnk | 1.5907071 lnk | 1.6404167 lnk | 1.6901263 lnk | 1.7398359 lnk | 1.7895455 lnk | 1.8392551 lnk | 1.8889647 lnk | 1.9386743 lnk | 1.9883839 lnk | 2.0380935 lnk | 2.0878031 lnk | 2.1375127 lnk | 2.1872222 lnk | 2.2369318 lnk | 2.2866414 lnk | 2.3363510 lnk | 2.3860606 lnk | 2.4357702 lnk | 2.4854798 lnk | 2.5351894 lnk | 2.5848990 lnk | 2.6346086 lnk | 2.6843182 lnk | 2.7340278 lnk | 2.7837374 lnk | 2.8334470 lnk | 2.8831566 lnk | 2.9328662 lnk | 2.9825758 lnk | 3.0322854 lnk | 3.0819950 lnk | 3.1317046 lnk | 3.1814142 lnk | 3.2311238 lnk | 3.2808334 lnk | 3.3305430 lnk | 3.3802526 lnk | 3.4299622 lnk | 3.4796718 lnk | 3.5293814 lnk | 3.5790910 lnk | 3.6288005 lnk | 3.6785101 lnk | 3.7282197 lnk | 3.7779293 lnk | 3.8276389 lnk | 3.8773485 lnk | 3.9270581 lnk | 3.9767677 lnk | 4.0264773 lnk | 4.0761869 lnk | 4.1258965 lnk | 4.1756061 lnk | 4.2253157 lnk | 4.2750253 lnk | 4.3247349 lnk | 4.3744445 lnk | 4.4241541 lnk | 4.4738637 lnk | 4.5235733 lnk | 4.5732829 lnk | 4.6229925 lnk | 4.6727021 lnk | 4.7224117 lnk | 4.7721213 lnk | 4.8218309 lnk | 4.8715405 lnk | 4.9212501 lnk | 4.9709597 lnk |
A centimetre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of 1/100 . The centimetre was the base unit of length in the now deprecated centimetre–gram–second (CGS) system of units.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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centimeter | cm | ≡ 1×10-2 m ≡ 0.01 m | ≡ 1×10-2 m ≡ 0.01 m | Metric system SI |
centimeters | links | centimeters | links |
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1 | ≈ 0.049709596537031 | 4 | ≈ 0.19883838614812 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.074564394805546 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.22369318441664 |
2 | ≈ 0.099419193074061 | 5 | ≈ 0.24854798268515 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.12427399134258 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.27340278095367 |
3 | ≈ 0.14912878961109 | 6 | ≈ 0.29825757922218 |
The link (usually abbreviated as "l.", "li." or "lnk."), sometimes called a Gunter’s link, is a unit of length formerly used in many English-speaking countries. A link is exactly 66⁄100 of a foot, or exactly 7.92 inches or 20.1168 cm.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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link | lnk | ≡ 1⁄100 ch ≡ 0.66 ft (US) ≡ 7.92 in | ≈ 0.2011684 m | Imperial/US |
links | centimeters | links | centimeters |
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1 | ≈ 20.11684 | 4 | ≈ 80.46736 |
1.5 | ≈ 30.17526 | 4.5 | ≈ 90.52578 |
2 | ≈ 40.23368 | 5 | ≈ 100.5842 |
2.5 | ≈ 50.2921 | 5.5 | ≈ 110.64262 |
3 | ≈ 60.35052 | 6 | ≈ 120.70104 |
centimeters | links |
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1 | ≈ 0.0497096 |
20.11684 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |