Naomi Watts and Samuel L. Jackson presenting the OscarÂ® for Makeup and Hairstyling to Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews for their work on Dallas Buyers Club at the 86th OscarsÂ® in 2014.
âºâº Definition: Centimeter. A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundreth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. A centimetre is part of a metric system. It is the base unit in the centimetre-gram-second system of units. A corresponding unit of area is the square centimetre.
1 The centimeter (cm) is the next largest unit of length and equals 1/100 of a meter. 2  The decimeter (dm) is the next largest unit of length and equals 1/10 of a meter. 3  The meter (m) is the next largest unit of length.  The dekameter (dam) is the next largest unit of length and equals 10 meters.