Talk:Centimetre

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Think it'd be too much to actually show a picture of how big a centimetre is?

I think that would be a good idea, I actually searched for this to quickly find something to compare with...80.202.227.170 12:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

who much inches is in one centimetre

50/127 that's who much

I agree that it should say how many centimeters equal one inch.

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http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/paper_rulers/

[edit] Localisation inconsistency

I can't help but notice that the article is "centimetre" but the table on the right uses "centimeter" and "meter". I realise that the first line states that "er" is US, but isn't the standard for the content to conform to the localisation of the title? - Wite_Noiz

agree this is the US english version. It should be changed to centimeter. This article needs a lot of cleanup too. 152.3.84.131 20:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

This is not the US English version. This is the English version. I think normal procedure is to respect the creator of the article's spelling. 80.202.227.170 12:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The International Inch?

Comment on length of inch, briefly here, withdrawn. Evidently the inch's definition was changed by international convention from the former Imperial inch to exactly 2.54 cm while my back was turned in 1959. However, there are some references to a slightly larger inch still used by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey (in use since 1866). Perhaps the inch mentioned on the Centimetre main page should have the qualifier "International" attached to it?

--Spock2 07:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chim?

Can anybody provide a reference to chim being an abbreviation for centimetre? I've never heard of it.

The "uses of centimetre" section is a bit silly, it is used everywhere you want to measure a length, area or volume. Capacitance is measured in Farads, not cm; and virtually all maps I have ever seen use cm, not just Canada, with the possible exception of US maps. There is no corresponding "Uses of" section in the inch or Metre articles.TiffaF 10:22, 9 February 2007 (UTC)