Conversion calculator
5 Centimeter to other Length (popular) units:
Millimeters 50
Inches 1.9685039370079
Decimeters 0.5
Foots 0.16404199475066
Yard 0.054680664916885
Meters 0.05
Kilometers 5.0E-5
Miles 3.1068559611867E-5
5 Centimeter to other length units:
Fermi 50000000000000
Picometre (bicron, stigma) 50000000000
X unit; siegbahn 49895220037.92
Bohr, atomic unit of length 944863062.8539
Angstrom 500000000
Nanometre 50000000
Micrometer (old: micron) 50000
Mickey 393.70078740157
Twip 283.47885247761
Mil (thou) 196.85039370079
point (American, English) 142.26774790155
Line 23.629489603025
French charriere 16.666666666667
Pica 11.811023631347
Finger 2.2497187851519
Nail (cloth) 0.87489063867017
Palm 0.65616797900262
Hand 0.49212598425197
Finger (cloth) 0.43744531933508
Link (Gunter's; Surveyor's) 0.24854798268515
Quarter 0.21872265966754
Shaku (Japan) 0.16501650165017
Link (Ramsden's; Engineer's) 0.16404199475066
Metric foot 0.15811388301184
Pace 0.065616797900262
Metre (SI base unit) 0.05
Fathom 0.027340332458443
Сhains 0.0024854798268515
cable length (imperial) 0.00026980591241884
Furlong 0.00024854847689493
Cable length US 0.00022783610382036
Miles (tactical or data) 2.7340332458443E-5
Nautical mile 2.6997840172786E-5
Nautical miles 2.6997840172786E-5
league (land) 1.0356255178128E-5
Nautical league 8.9992800575954E-6
Mil (Sweden and Norway) 5.0E-6
Light-second 1.6678204759908E-1
Light-minute 2.7797007933179E-11
Astronomical unit 3.3422935611342E-13
Spat 5.0E-14
Light-hour 4.6328346555299E-14
Light-day 1.9305019305019E-15
Light-year 5.2850041701231E-18
Parsec 1.6203896449802E-18
Please provide values below to convert centimeter [cm] to millimeter [mm], or vice versa.
Centimeter
Definition: A centimeter (symbol: cm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), the current form of the metric system. It is defined as 1/100 meters.
History/origin: A centimeter is based on the SI unit meter, and as the prefix "centi" indicates, is equal to one hundredth of a meter. Metric prefixes range from factors of 10-18 to 1018 based on a decimal system, with the base (in this case the meter) having no prefix and having a factor of 1. Learning some of the more commonly used metric prefixes, such as kilo-, mega-, giga-, tera-, centi-, milli-, micro-, and nano-, can be helpful for quickly navigating metric units.
Current use: The centimeter, like the meter, is used in all sorts of applications worldwide (in countries that have undergone metrication) in instances where a smaller denomination of the meter is required. Height is commonly measured in centimeters outside of countries like the United States.
Millimeter
Definition: A millimeter (symbol: mm) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined in terms of the meter, as 1/1000 of a meter, or the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 000 of a second.
History/origin: The milli- prefix is one of many metric prefixes. It indicates one thousandth of the base unit, in this case the meter. The definition of the meter has changed over time, the current definition being based on the distance traveled by the speed of light in a given amount of time. The relationship between the meter and the millimeter is constant however. Prior to this definition, the meter was based on the length of a prototype meter bar. In 2019, the meter has been re-defined based on the changes made to the definition of a second.
Centimeter to Millimeter Conversion Table
0.01 cm | 0.1 mm |
0.1 cm | 1 mm |
1 cm | 10 mm |
2 cm | 20 mm |
3 cm | 30 mm |
5 cm | 50 mm |
10 cm | 100 mm |
20 cm | 200 mm |
50 cm | 500 mm |
100 cm | 1000 mm |
1000 cm | 10000 mm |
How to Convert Centimeter to Millimeter
1 cm = 10 mm
1 mm = 0.1 cm
Example: convert 15 cm to mm:
15 cm = 15 × 10 mm = 150 mm