Centimetre

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001048",
  "term": "Centimetre",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "One-hundredth of a meter, a unit of length within the International System of Units (SI). It provides a convenient scale for measurements that are too small for meters but too large for millimeters, such as in manufacturing and component design. As a CGS (centimetre-gram-second) base unit, it is equivalent to approximately 0.3937 inches.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cm",
    "㎝"
  ],
  "subject": "Metrology and inspection",
  "see_also": [
    "CM"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Centimetre (Wikipedia)"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Zentimeter",
    "es": "centímetro",
    "fr": "centimètre"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/centimetre/"
}