Centimetre - Uses of Centimetre

Uses of Centimetre

In addition to its use in the measurement of length, the centimetre is used:

  • sometimes, to report the level of rainfall as measured by a rain gauge
  • in the CGS system, the centimetre is used to measure capacitance, where 1 cm of capacitance = 1.113×10 Farad
  • in maps, centimetres are used to make conversions from map scale to real world scale (kilometres)
  • to represent second moment of areas (cm^4)

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