centimetre (cm), also spelled centimeter, unit of length equal to 0.01 metre in the metric system and the equivalent of 0.3937 inch.

What is the meaning of cm in physics?

A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a meter, abbreviated cm. The centimeter is the base unit of length in the cgs system of units.

What does cm stand for in school?

CM: Constructing Meaning is a professional development training that ALL BHS teachers have had. This training includes teaching teachers how to explicitly teach the academic language of their specific content area. For example, learning objectives, and sentence frames are all part of CM training.

A centimeter is a metric unit of measurement used for measuring the length of an object. It is written as cm. The three standard tools of measurement are: 1. Ruler : A ruler is the most common measurement tool in mathematics.