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the prefix is Centi from the Greek language

the word Millimeter's prefix is Milli

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What words begin with the prefix centi?

centimeter


What is the prefix for the word centi?

Centi itself is a prefix, therefor it doesn't have one. (Centimeter, centiliter, etc.)


1 cm is the same as meters?

1 cm. is 1/100 meter. cm. means centimeter; the prefix centi means 1/100.1 cm. is 1/100 meter. cm. means centimeter; the prefix centi means 1/100.1 cm. is 1/100 meter. cm. means centimeter; the prefix centi means 1/100.1 cm. is 1/100 meter. cm. means centimeter; the prefix centi means 1/100.


What does the prefix centi in centimeter mean?

The prefix centi in the word centimetre means 'hundreth', as a centimetre is a 100th of a metre.


Are millimeters or centimeters larger?

A centimeter is ten times bigger than a millimeter


How much is a micrometer larger than a centimeter?

The prefix "micro" means a millionth (1 / 1,000,000) The prefix "centi" means a hundredth (1 / 100). Which means a micrometer is smaller than a centimeter. So it would take 10000 micrometers to equal 1 centimeter.


How does the prefix centimeter affect the meter unit in centimeter?

The prefix in centimeter is cent. It means hundred can be used for century, centipede, and centennial.


How many milimeters are in one centimeter.?

Both centimeter and millimeter use prefixes that are used to denote sub multiples of meter, 0.01 and 0.001. Therefore, to get amount of millimeters in one centimeter, factor used with prefix 'centi' has to be divided by factor used with prefix 'milli': 1 centimeter = 0.01 / 0.001 = 10 millimeter


What is the number of centimeter in a meter?

The prefix 'Centi' means 100th. So, a Centimeter is 1/100 of a Meter. There are 100 Centimeters in a Meter.


Centimeter is a noun or compound noun?

The noun centimeter is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a measurement, a thing. The noun centimeter is not a compound noun; 'centi' is a prefix, not a word.


Which metric system prefix means divided by 100?

centi (a centimeter is a hundredth of a meter)


Why is a centimeter bigger than a milllimeter?

Because "centi-" is a prefix meaning a hundredths while "milli-" is a prefix which means a thousandths. A hundredths of a measure is bigger than a thousandths of the number.