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Centi (symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793, and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin , meaning "hundred" (cf. century, cent, percent, centennial). Since 1960, the prefix is part of the International System of Units (SI). It is mainly used in combination with the unit metre to form centimetre, a common unit of length.
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- numeric value
- 0.01
- unit symbol
- c
- different from
- cent
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C67900
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Article · Italiano
Centi è un prefisso SI che esprime il fattore 10−2, cioè 1/100,un centesimo. Il suo simbolo è c. È stato adottato nel 1795 dalla Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures.Deriva dalla parola latina centum, cento.
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