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The metric system was devised following the French Revolution and the metre was intended to be defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator.

The centimetre is just one hundredth of a metre, using a system of prefixes as part of the metric system to define various lengths. In this case, the centi- prefix meaning one hundredth.

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