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 |
point (typography) | 28.4527562 pt | 56.9055124 pt | 85.3582686 pt | 113.8110248 pt | 142.2637810 pt | 170.7165371 pt | 199.1692933 pt | 227.6220495 pt | 256.0748057 pt | 284.5275619 pt | 312.9803181 pt | 341.4330743 pt | 369.8858305 pt | 398.3385867 pt | 426.7913429 pt | 455.2440990 pt | 483.6968552 pt | 512.1496114 pt | 540.6023676 pt | 569.0551238 pt | 597.5078800 pt | 625.9606362 pt | 654.4133924 pt | 682.8661486 pt | 711.3189048 pt | 739.7716609 pt | 768.2244171 pt | 796.6771733 pt | 825.1299295 pt | 853.5826857 pt | 882.0354419 pt | 910.4881981 pt | 938.9409543 pt | 967.3937105 pt | 995.8464667 pt | 1,024.2992228 pt | 1,052.7519790 pt | 1,081.2047352 pt | 1,109.6574914 pt | 1,138.1102476 pt | 1,166.5630038 pt | 1,195.0157600 pt | 1,223.4685162 pt | 1,251.9212724 pt | 1,280.3740286 pt | 1,308.8267847 pt | 1,337.2795409 pt | 1,365.7322971 pt | 1,394.1850533 pt | 1,422.6378095 pt | 1,451.0905657 pt | 1,479.5433219 pt | 1,507.9960781 pt | 1,536.4488343 pt | 1,564.9015905 pt | 1,593.3543466 pt | 1,621.8071028 pt | 1,650.2598590 pt | 1,678.7126152 pt | 1,707.1653714 pt | 1,735.6181276 pt | 1,764.0708838 pt | 1,792.5236400 pt | 1,820.9763962 pt | 1,849.4291524 pt | 1,877.8819085 pt | 1,906.3346647 pt | 1,934.7874209 pt | 1,963.2401771 pt | 1,991.6929333 pt | 2,020.1456895 pt | 2,048.5984457 pt | 2,077.0512019 pt | 2,105.5039581 pt | 2,133.9567143 pt | 2,162.4094704 pt | 2,190.8622266 pt | 2,219.3149828 pt | 2,247.7677390 pt | 2,276.2204952 pt | 2,304.6732514 pt | 2,333.1260076 pt | 2,361.5787638 pt | 2,390.0315200 pt | 2,418.4842762 pt | 2,446.9370323 pt | 2,475.3897885 pt | 2,503.8425447 pt | 2,532.2953009 pt | 2,560.7480571 pt | 2,589.2008133 pt | 2,617.6535695 pt | 2,646.1063257 pt | 2,674.5590819 pt | 2,703.0118381 pt | 2,731.4645942 pt | 2,759.9173504 pt | 2,788.3701066 pt | 2,816.8228628 pt | 2,845.2756190 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 (typography) | centimeters | points (typography) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 28.452756190039 | 4 | = 113.81102476016 |
1.5 | = 42.679134285059 | 4.5 | = 128.03740285518 |
2 | = 56.905512380079 | 5 | = 142.2637809502 |
2.5 | = 71.131890475098 | 5.5 | = 156.49015904522 |
3 | = 85.358268570118 | 6 | = 170.71653714024 |
≡ 1⁄72.27 in
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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point (typography) | pt | ≡ 1⁄72.27 in | = 0.0003514598 m | Other (Length) |
points (typography) | centimeters | points (typography) | centimeters |
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1 | = 0.03514598 | 4 | = 0.14058392 |
1.5 | = 0.05271897 | 4.5 | = 0.15815691 |
2 | = 0.07029196 | 5 | = 0.1757299 |
2.5 | = 0.08786495 | 5.5 | = 0.19330289 |
3 | = 0.10543794 | 6 | = 0.21087588 |
centimeters | points (typography) |
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1 | = 28.4527562 |
0.0351460 | = 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 …) |