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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).
The submultiple centistokes (cSt) is often used instead, 1 cSt = 1 mm 2 ·s −1 = 10 −6 m 2 ·s −1. 1 cSt is 1 cP divided by 1000 kg/m^3, close to the density of water. The kinematic viscosity of water at 20 °C is about 1 cSt.
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). Examples with prefixes and powers
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.
In SI writing style, this may be written 40 Mm (40 megametres). An inch is defined as exactly 25.4 mm. Using scientific notation, this value can be uniformly expressed to any desired precision, from the nearest tenth of a millimeter 2.54 × 10 1 mm to the nearest nanometer 2.540 0000 × 10 1 mm, or beyond.
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:
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Several common-use numerical prefixes denote vulgar fractions. Words containing non-technical numerical prefixes are usually not hyphenated. This is not an absolute rule, however, and there are exceptions (for example: quarter-deck occurs in addition to quarterdeck). There are no exceptions for words comprising technical numerical prefixes, though.