Etymology:
The word "centimeter" is derived from the Latin word "centum" (meaning "hundred") and the Greek word "metron" (meaning "measure").
Meaning and Origin:
A centimeter is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a meter. It was first defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator along a meridian passing through Paris.
Originally, the centimeter was defined as a physical reference standard. However, in 1960, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) redefined the meter in terms of the wavelength of a specific spectral line of krypton-86. As a result, the centimeter has since been derived from the definition of the meter.
One centimeter is equivalent to:
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