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.
A centimeter is a measure of length. There are 100 centimeters in a meter. The abbreviation is cm. This image of a ruler is marked in cm along the top and inches (1 inch = 2.54 cm) along the bottom. Metric System of Measurement.