Also known as: cent.
CENT has various meanings in the Measurement category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of CENT in Measurement.
Celsius, historically known as centigrade, is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius (°C) can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval, a difference between two temperatures or an uncertainty.
MeasurementThe centimeter abbreviation, cm is a unit of displacement or length in the cgs centimeter/gram/second system of units. One centimeter is the distance traveled by a ray of electromagnetic EM energy through a vacuum in 3.33564095 x 10-11 of a second. It is equivalent to 0.01 meter. There are about 2.54 centimeters in one linear inch.
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