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Centi-(symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793, [1] and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin centum, meaning "hundred" (cf. century, cent, percent, centennial). Since 1960, the prefix is part of the International System of Units (SI).
1 km 2 means one square kilometre, or the area of a square of 1000 m by 1000 m. In other words, an area of 1 000 000 square metres and not 1000 square metres. 2 Mm 3 means two cubic megametres, or the volume of two cubes of 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m, i.e. 2 × 10 18 m 3, and not 2 000 000 cubic metres (2 × 10 6 m 3).
The prefixes myria-, [2] [3] [4] (from the Greek μύριοι, mýrioi), double-and demi-, denoting factors of 10 000, 2 and 1 ⁄ 2 respectively, [5] were parts of the original metric system adopted in France in 1795, but they were not retained when the SI prefixes were agreed internationally by the 11th CGPM conference in 1960.
Rather they refer to what percentage of the total weight is milk fat. For example, one cup of milk weighs about 225 grams. Of that weight, 2% milk holds 5 grams of fat and whole milk contains 8 grams.
In Latin and Greek, the ordinal forms are also used for fractions for amounts higher than 2; only the fraction 1 / 2 has special forms. The same suffix may be used with more than one category of number, as for example the orginary numbers second ary and terti ary and the distributive numbers bi nary and ter nary .
The svedberg (S or Sv) is a unit of time used in chemistry equal to one hundred femtoseconds (100 fs). The shake is a unit of time used in nuclear physics equal to ten nanoseconds (10 ns). The sigma is a unit of time equal to one microsecond (1 μs). The jiffy is sometimes used to mean a unit of time of 10 ms. [dubious – discuss]
Cent (music), a logarithmic measure of relative pitch or intervals "Cent" is an informal name for 1 ⁄ 100 of a unit of measurement, as in "12 cents of an inch".Specifically, it can refer to:
2 tsp 1 ⁄ 3: 9.85784 tablespoon: tbsp. or T. 1 ⁄ 16 cup 1 ⁄ 2: 14.7868 2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce fluid ounce: fl.oz. or oz. 1 ⁄ 8 cup 1 29.5735 2 fluid ounce = 1 wineglass wineglass‡ wgf. 1 ⁄ 4 cup 2 59.1471 2 wineglasses = 1 teacup gill‡ or teacup‡ tcf. 1 ⁄ 2 cup 4 118.294 2 teacups = 1 cup cup: C 1 ⁄ 2 pint 8 236.588 2 ...