cm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cm"

㎝ U+339D, ㎝ SQUARE CM ← ㎜ [U+339C] CJK Compatibility ㎞ → [U+339E]

Translingual

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm

Proto-Italic *kəntom

Latin centum

Latin centi-bor.

French centi-bor.

English centi-abbr.

Translingual c-

Translingual m

Translingual cm

From c- (“centi-”) + m (“meter”).

Symbol

cm

1. (metrology) Symbol for centimeter (centimetre), an SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² meters (metres).
   • 2007, Naglaa M. Mohamed, Ecophysiology of Microbial Communities Associated with Marine Sponges (Ircinia Strobilina) and (Mycale Laxissima) (in English), →ISBN:

     Another characteristic is the presence of a 3-6 cm wide large pseudoscule with a transparent membrane.

   • 2012 June 20, Jason Palmer, “Dark matter tracks could give earliest view of Universe”, in BBC‎^[1] (in English), archived from the original on 11 November 2020, retrieved 20 June 2012:

     Researchers have come up with a way to glimpse the infant Universe by decoding the earliest ripples in its light.
     They say this can be achieved by capturing the specific radio wavelength of 21cm from the heavens.
     The trick is to tell the difference between 21cm waves from our galaxy and those from distant, ancient sources.

Translations

symbol for the centimeter

• Aragonese: zm
• Greek: εκ. (ek.)
• Hebrew: ס״מ
• Ingrian: sm
• Russian: см (ru) (sm)
• Spanish: cm (es)

Chinese

Etymology

Abbreviation of English comment.

Noun

cm

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, text messaging) comment

Italian

Adverb

cm

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of come (“how”)

   nn so cm ― I don't know how