No. One hundredth is a "centi-".
A "milli-" is one thousandth.
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milli- represents thousandths so 2 of them is one-five-hundredth.
Centimetre gets its name from the Latin word for 100, being one-hundredth of a metre. Cf "milli", one thousandth and "deci", one-tenth.
There are 10 millimeters (mm) in a centimeter (cm). 'Centi' prefix means one one-hundredth, while 'milli' prefix means one one-thousandth. Therefore, a centimeter is one one-hundredth of a meter while a millimeter is one one-thousandth of one.
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The common prefix for one hundredth is centi. For example, one hundredth of a metre is one centimetre. One hundredth of a gram is one centigram.