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Formula 1 cm = 0.39370 in 1 inch = 2.54 cm An Inch Definition An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, " - a double prime) is a unit of length in a variety of different systems, including the Imperial units system, and is widely used instead of centimetres in The United States (outside of the scientific community). Its size varies from system to system. Twelve inches make up one foot, whereas 36 inches make up one yard. The square inch measuring area, and the cubic inch, measuring volume, are corresponding units of measurement that use the inch as its base. The inch is a common standard unit of measurement in the United States, and is also widely used in the United Kingdom and Canada, even though both the UK and Canada have adopted the metric system as their systems of measurement (The UK adopted it in the 1960's and Canada in the 1980's). The Centimeter Definition A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one-hundredth of a metre, which is the current SI base unit of length. Centi is the SI prefix for a factor of 10 -2. Thus, a centimetre can be written as 10*10 -3 m (engineering notation) or 1E-2 m (scientific E notation) - meaning 10*10(1) mm or 1 m/100 respectively, centimetre-gram-second system of units. |