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thou | 393.7007874 th | 787.4015748 th | 1,181.1023622 th | 1,574.8031496 th | 1,968.5039370 th | 2,362.2047244 th | 2,755.9055118 th | 3,149.6062992 th | 3,543.3070866 th | 3,937.0078740 th | 4,330.7086614 th | 4,724.4094488 th | 5,118.1102362 th | 5,511.8110236 th | 5,905.5118110 th | 6,299.2125984 th | 6,692.9133858 th | 7,086.6141732 th | 7,480.3149606 th | 7,874.0157480 th | 8,267.7165354 th | 8,661.4173228 th | 9,055.1181102 th | 9,448.8188976 th | 9,842.5196850 th | 10,236.2204724 th | 10,629.9212598 th | 11,023.6220472 th | 11,417.3228346 th | 11,811.0236220 th | 12,204.7244094 th | 12,598.4251969 th | 12,992.1259843 th | 13,385.8267717 th | 13,779.5275591 th | 14,173.2283465 th | 14,566.9291339 th | 14,960.6299213 th | 15,354.3307087 th | 15,748.0314961 th | 16,141.7322835 th | 16,535.4330709 th | 16,929.1338583 th | 17,322.8346457 th | 17,716.5354331 th | 18,110.2362205 th | 18,503.9370079 th | 18,897.6377953 th | 19,291.3385827 th | 19,685.0393701 th | 20,078.7401575 th | 20,472.4409449 th | 20,866.1417323 th | 21,259.8425197 th | 21,653.5433071 th | 22,047.2440945 th | 22,440.9448819 th | 22,834.6456693 th | 23,228.3464567 th | 23,622.0472441 th | 24,015.7480315 th | 24,409.4488189 th | 24,803.1496063 th | 25,196.8503937 th | 25,590.5511811 th | 25,984.2519685 th | 26,377.9527559 th | 26,771.6535433 th | 27,165.3543307 th | 27,559.0551181 th | 27,952.7559055 th | 28,346.4566929 th | 28,740.1574803 th | 29,133.8582677 th | 29,527.5590551 th | 29,921.2598425 th | 30,314.9606299 th | 30,708.6614173 th | 31,102.3622047 th | 31,496.0629921 th | 31,889.7637795 th | 32,283.4645669 th | 32,677.1653543 th | 33,070.8661417 th | 33,464.5669291 th | 33,858.2677165 th | 34,251.9685039 th | 34,645.6692913 th | 35,039.3700787 th | 35,433.0708661 th | 35,826.7716535 th | 36,220.4724409 th | 36,614.1732283 th | 37,007.8740157 th | 37,401.5748032 th | 37,795.2755906 th | 38,188.9763780 th | 38,582.6771654 th | 38,976.3779528 th | 39,370.0787402 th |
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 | thous | centimeters | thous |
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1 | ≡ 393.70078740157 | 4 | ≡ 1574.8031496063 |
1.5 | ≡ 590.55118110236 | 4.5 | ≡ 1771.6535433071 |
2 | ≡ 787.40157480315 | 5 | ≡ 1968.5039370079 |
2.5 | ≡ 984.25196850394 | 5.5 | ≡ 2165.3543307087 |
3 | ≡ 1181.1023622047 | 6 | ≡ 2362.2047244094 |
A thousandth of an inch is a derived unit of length in an inch-based system of units. Equal to 0.001 inches, it is normally referred to as a thou /ˈθaʊ/, a thousandth, or (particularly in the United States) a mil.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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thou | th | ≡ 1×10−3 in | ≡ 2.54×10−5 m | Imperial/US |
thous | centimeters | thous | centimeters |
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1 | ≡ 0.00254 | 4 | ≡ 0.01016 |
1.5 | ≡ 0.00381 | 4.5 | ≡ 0.01143 |
2 | ≡ 0.00508 | 5 | ≡ 0.0127 |
2.5 | ≡ 0.00635 | 5.5 | ≡ 0.01397 |
3 | ≡ 0.00762 | 6 | ≡ 0.01524 |
centimeters | thous |
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1 | ≡ 393.7007874 |
0.00254 | ≡ 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 …) |