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Centimeter (cm) — one hundredth of a meter
Common in consumer products and human body measurements. Convenient for small dimensions in engineering, crafts, and design.
- Symbol: cm
- System: SI derived unit
- Exact relations: 1 cm = 0.01 m = 10 mm
- Imperial/US equivalents: 1 cm = 0.393700787 in (since 1 in = 2.54 cm exact)
- Typical examples: garment sizing, paper formats, device thickness
Barleycorn - traditional English length unit
Barleycorn is a historical unit of length in the Imperial/US systems, originally based on a grain of barley. Used today mainly as the step size in UK/Irish shoe sizing
- Symbol: none standardized (sometimes "bc")
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 barleycorn = 1/3 in (exact); 3 barleycorns = 1 in; 36 barleycorns = 1 ft
- Metric equivalents: 1 barleycorn = 25.4/3 mm ≈ 8.466666… mm ≈ 0.846666… cm
- Typical examples: consecutive UK shoe sizes differ by one barleycorn (≈ 1/3 in) in last length