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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). It is mainly used in combination with the unit metre to form centimetre, a common unit of length.

Example

A honey bee is about 1.3 centimetres long.^[2]

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[2]

Prefix		Base 10	Decimal	Adoption ^{[nb 1]}
Name	Symbol	Base 10	Decimal	Adoption ^{[nb 1]}
quetta	Q	10³⁰	1000000000000000000000000000000	2022^[1]
ronna	R	10²⁷	1000000000000000000000000000	2022^[1]
yotta	Y	10²⁴	1000000000000000000000000	1991
zetta	Z	10²¹	1000000000000000000000	1991
exa	E	10¹⁸	1000000000000000000	1975^[2]
peta	P	10¹⁵	1000000000000000	1975^[2]
tera	T	10¹²	1000000000000	1960
giga	G	10⁹	1000000000	1960
mega	M	10⁶	1000000	1873
kilo	k	10³	1000	1795
hecto	h	10²	100
deca or deka	da	10¹	10
—	—	10⁰	1	—
deci	d	10⁻¹	0.1	1795
centi	c	10⁻²	0.01
milli	m	10⁻³	0.001
micro	μ	10⁻⁶	0.000001	1873
nano	n	10⁻⁹	0.000000001	1960
pico	p	10⁻¹²	0.000000000001	1960
femto	f	10⁻¹⁵	0.000000000000001	1964
atto	a	10⁻¹⁸	0.000000000000000001	1964
zepto	z	10⁻²¹	0.000000000000000000001	1991
yocto	y	10⁻²⁴	0.000000000000000000000001	1991
ronto	r	10⁻²⁷	0.000000000000000000000000001	2022^[1]
quecto	q	10⁻³⁰	0.000000000000000000000000000001	2022^[1]
Notes [1] Prefixes adopted before 1960 already existed before SI. The introduction of the centimetre–gram–second system of units was in 1873.

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