Full name: centimetre
Plural form: centimetres
Symbol: cm
Alternate spelling: centimeters
Category type: length
Scale factor: 0.01
The SI base unit for length is the metre.
1 metre is equal to 100 centi meter.
Valid units must be of the length type.
You can use this form to select from known units:
The SI prefix "centi" represents a factor of 10-2, or in exponential notation, 1E-2.
So 1 centimetre = 10-2 metre.