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Centi (symbol c) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Proposed in 1793,{{cite book

| title=Instruction abrégée sur les mesures déduites de la grandeur de la Terre; uniformes pour toute la Rêpublique, et sur les Calculs relatifs à leur division décimale

| author=Commission temporaire de Poids & Mesures rêpublicaines, En exécution des Décrets de la Convention Nationale

| publisher=De l´imprimerie nationale exécutive du Louvre

| edition=Edition originale

| location=Paris, France

| language=French

| date=1793

| url=https://archive.org/details/instructionabreg00hauy

| access-date=2015-10-09 }} and adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin {{lang|la|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.{{cite web

| title=Universcale: From the nanoworld to the universe — The worlds we measure using our infinite yardstick.

| publisher=Nikon

| date=2013

| url=https://www.nikon.com/about/sp/universcale/

| url-status=live

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208212202/http://www.nikon.com/about/sp/universcale/index.htm

| archive-date=2017-02-08

| access-date=2017-02-08}}

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