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point (American, English) | 28.4535496 pt | 56.9070992 pt | 85.3606487 pt | 113.8141983 pt | 142.2677479 pt | 170.7212975 pt | 199.1748471 pt | 227.6283966 pt | 256.0819462 pt | 284.5354958 pt | 312.9890454 pt | 341.4425950 pt | 369.8961445 pt | 398.3496941 pt | 426.8032437 pt | 455.2567933 pt | 483.7103429 pt | 512.1638924 pt | 540.6174420 pt | 569.0709916 pt | 597.5245412 pt | 625.9780908 pt | 654.4316403 pt | 682.8851899 pt | 711.3387395 pt | 739.7922891 pt | 768.2458387 pt | 796.6993882 pt | 825.1529378 pt | 853.6064874 pt | 882.0600370 pt | 910.5135866 pt | 938.9671362 pt | 967.4206857 pt | 995.8742353 pt | 1,024.3277849 pt | 1,052.7813345 pt | 1,081.2348841 pt | 1,109.6884336 pt | 1,138.1419832 pt | 1,166.5955328 pt | 1,195.0490824 pt | 1,223.5026320 pt | 1,251.9561815 pt | 1,280.4097311 pt | 1,308.8632807 pt | 1,337.3168303 pt | 1,365.7703799 pt | 1,394.2239294 pt | 1,422.6774790 pt | 1,451.1310286 pt | 1,479.5845782 pt | 1,508.0381278 pt | 1,536.4916773 pt | 1,564.9452269 pt | 1,593.3987765 pt | 1,621.8523261 pt | 1,650.3058757 pt | 1,678.7594252 pt | 1,707.2129748 pt | 1,735.6665244 pt | 1,764.1200740 pt | 1,792.5736236 pt | 1,821.0271731 pt | 1,849.4807227 pt | 1,877.9342723 pt | 1,906.3878219 pt | 1,934.8413715 pt | 1,963.2949210 pt | 1,991.7484706 pt | 2,020.2020202 pt | 2,048.6555698 pt | 2,077.1091194 pt | 2,105.5626689 pt | 2,134.0162185 pt | 2,162.4697681 pt | 2,190.9233177 pt | 2,219.3768673 pt | 2,247.8304168 pt | 2,276.2839664 pt | 2,304.7375160 pt | 2,333.1910656 pt | 2,361.6446152 pt | 2,390.0981647 pt | 2,418.5517143 pt | 2,447.0052639 pt | 2,475.4588135 pt | 2,503.9123631 pt | 2,532.3659126 pt | 2,560.8194622 pt | 2,589.2730118 pt | 2,617.7265614 pt | 2,646.1801110 pt | 2,674.6336605 pt | 2,703.0872101 pt | 2,731.5407597 pt | 2,759.9943093 pt | 2,788.4478589 pt | 2,816.9014085 pt | 2,845.3549580 pt |
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 | points (American, English) | centimeters | points (American, English) |
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1 | ≈ 28.45354958031 | 4 | ≈ 113.81419832124 |
1.5 | ≈ 42.680324370465 | 4.5 | ≈ 128.0409731114 |
2 | ≈ 56.90709916062 | 5 | ≈ 142.26774790155 |
2.5 | ≈ 71.133873950775 | 5.5 | ≈ 156.49452269171 |
3 | ≈ 85.36064874093 | 6 | ≈ 170.72129748186 |
In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure. It is used for measuring font size, leading, and other items on a printed page.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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point (American, English) | pt | ≡ 1⁄72.272 in | ≈ 0.000351450 m | Other (Length) |
points (American, English) | centimeters | points (American, English) | centimeters |
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1 | ≈ 0.035145 | 4 | ≈ 0.14058 |
1.5 | ≈ 0.0527175 | 4.5 | ≈ 0.1581525 |
2 | ≈ 0.07029 | 5 | ≈ 0.175725 |
2.5 | ≈ 0.0878625 | 5.5 | ≈ 0.1932975 |
3 | ≈ 0.105435 | 6 | ≈ 0.21087 |
centimeters | points (American, English) |
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1 | ≈ 28.4535496 |
0.035145 | ≈ 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 …) |