What is a centimeter?

centimeter is a unit of measurement in the metric system. The metric measuring system is based on 10 unlike the imperial measurement system, which is based on units 12. The unit is the length of the length of the straight hundred meters; ie it is 100 centimeters in the subway.

One centimeter equals 0.4 inches. Conversion of a centimeter to the thumb is achieved by multiplying by 0.39. The distance is usually measured in meters, so one mile would be equivalent to 1.6 kilometers, or about 160,000 centimeters. Before this standardization, the measurement varied from the area to the area. In 1875, the meter's contract was signed at the International Weight and Measurement Conference. Since then, the metric system has been adopted by many industrial nations.

The scientific community uses the international system of units (SI), a modern form of a metric system. This allows scientists from different countries and regions to duplicate research and collect data. Many scientists from around the world have accepted as a standard measurement system.

Great Britain accepted the metric system in 1965. The United States Government passed the Trade Act and the competitive Law on Omnibus, which required the federal government and businesses to adopt the metric system until 1992. However, globalization of the world economy can force the metric hand on the rest of the US and basically replace the imperial system with a metric system.