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)
Practically it would be difficult, if not impossible. Different screen resolutions on different sized screens would make the image different for everyone. Maybe there's a way around that though, I'm not sure. Sven945 (talk) 19:16, 27 January 2008 (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.

To see all kinds of rulers, including centimeter, check out the below website. You can print them out, too.

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


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[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Comment on length of inch, briefly here, withdrawn.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)


I am removing chim --Satanorsanta 20:39, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Errors on page

FYI I believe there are errors on this page which I am unable to correct The centimeter is listed 10 x10-3 meter(engineering) and the then 1E-2 meter(scientific). The correct amount should be 10 x 10-2 meter and 1E-2 meter. From page below "centimetre can be written as 10×10 − 3 m (engineering notation) or 1 E-2 m (scientific E notation) — meaning 10 × 1 mm or 1 m / 100 respectively." If you click on the engineering link you'll seen the proper 10x10-2 m notation. Therefore the number in the upper right box is also wrong at 10x10-3 m as this is a millimeter. Perhaps someone who reads this know how to edit this items —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deww (talk • contribs) 20:23, 5 April 2008 (UTC)