square centimetre

Small surface measure

A square centimetre is a unit of area equal to a square measuring one centimetre on each side.

It's used for measuring small surfaces: The wound covered about three square centimetres.

One square metre contains 10,000 square centimetres.

Also spelled square centimeter.

metric

millimetre

Metric unit, very small

litre · millilitre · SI unit · decimal · conversion · prefix · milli- · kilo- · standardized · international

scale

small

Limited in size

minute · fine · detail · postage stamp · thumbnail · fingernail · skin patch · lesion · sample · tissue

area

surface area

Measure of outer boundary

patch · spot · section · portion · segment · expanse · spread · extent · tract · parcel

geometry

plane

Winged flying vehicle

width · perimeter · grid · quadrilateral · polygon · vertex · side · angle · coordinate · graph paper

measurement

precision

Accuracy of measurement

dimension · calculate · quantify · measure · gauge · reading · unit · specification · tolerance · accuracy

Opposites
dimensional measurement type

square centimetrecubic centimetre

Unit measuring small volumes

centimetre · cubic metre · litre · millilitre · gallon

scale of area measurement

square centimetresquare kilometre

Unit of large area

square mile · hectare · acre · square metre · square foot

Family

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