Measurement unit: centipascal

Full name: centipascal

Plural form: centipascals

Symbol: cPa

Category type: pressure

Scale factor: 0.01




SI unit: pascal

The SI derived unit for pressure is the pascal.
1 pascal is equal to 100 centipascal.



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Definition: Centipascal

The SI prefix "centi" represents a factor of 10-2, or in exponential notation, 1E-2.

So 1 centipascal = 10-2 pascals.

The definition of a pascal is as follows:

The pascal (symbol Pa) is the SI unit of pressure.It is equivalent to one newton per square metre. The unit is named after Blaise Pascal, the eminent French mathematician, physicist and philosopher.


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