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A Centimeter.

The metric prefixes often met:

  • Centi- means one hundredth (eg 2 cm)
  • Milli- means one thousandth (eg 3 mm)
  • Kilo- means one thousand (eg 5 km)

Not so often met:

  • Mega- means one million (eg 9 MV = 9 mega volts)
  • Hecto- means one hundred (eg 5 ha = 5 hectares = 500 ares)
  • Deca - means ten (eg 7 dam = 7 decameters)
  • Deci- means one tenth (eg 7 dm = 7 decimeters)
  • Micro- means one millionth (eg 9 μg = 9 micrograms)
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A hundredth part of a meter is equal to 1 centimeter.

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