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A centimeter and millimeter differ from each other by a factor of

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Millimeter:

Millimeter is derived unit for measuring the length,L. As it belongs to the SI system as the derived of units. While, it is considered to be equivalent to the one thousandth of a meter.

  • 1 millimeter or mm= 1/1000 meter.

Centimeter:

It is the unit for length,L inside the Metric system. The centimeter is however considered to be equivalent to the value of one hundredth of a meter.

  • 1 centimeter= 1/100 meter.

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Units for measurements:

In order to measure the length,L which is obviously a physical quantity, we have many units for its measurement as some of them belongs to other measuring systems, such as the US customary system and the System International (S.I).

A centimeter and millimeter differ from each other by a factor of-example-1
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1 centimeter is equal to 10 millimeter

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