Abbreviating the word centimeters.
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Are the following abbreviations for centimeters correct?
cm in English
c. c. in Spanish
Muchas gracias!
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updated Feb 4, 2012
posted by bandit51jd
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The standard scientific way to abbreviate centímetro / centimeter / c???????? / ?? / ??????? is always cm, regardless of the language and the context. The SI system of units is designed to be standardized and easy to use.
updated Feb 4, 2012
posted by lazarus1907
Yep, SI = Système international, and was established in the 1960's. It is ALMOST universally used --- with the United States the only industrialized nation not to use the metric system. What a pity!! - CaliforniaDreamer, Feb 4, 2012
True, but many of their university textooks (and many good universities) are increasingly shifting towards SI. - lazarus1907, Feb 4, 2012
Science and engineering in the United States use S I almost exclusively. Even beverages come in S I bottles. Try to buy a quart of wine or a half gallon of Coca Cola. Milk is one of the rare exceptions. - KevinB, Feb 4, 2012
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From la Wikipedia:
El centímetro (símbolo cm) es una unidad de longitud. Es el segundo submúltiplo del metro y equivale a la centésima parte de él.
1 cm = 0,01 m = 10?2 m
I've always seen cm in both languages.
updated Feb 4, 2012
posted by KevinB
Wonderful, thanks! - bandit51jd, Feb 4, 2012
