GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A centimetre (international spelling) or centimeter (American spelling) (SI symbol cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of 1100.

Detailed explanation-2: -A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter-in other words, there are one hundred centimeters in one meter.

Detailed explanation-3: -When we divide meters into smaller units, we make some exceptions to that rule of thumb: 1 centimeter (cm, “centi” means 1/100th) is 1/100th of a meter, which means that there are 100 cm in every 1 m. A decimeter is a tenth of a meter and there are 10 dm in 1 m.

Detailed explanation-4: -Now, 100 centimeters equal to 1 meter or one centimeter equal to one-hundredth (i.e. 1/100 th) of meter. Meters are denoted by m, whereas centimeters are denoted by cm.

Detailed explanation-5: -A centimeter is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimeters or one-hundredth of a meter.