Answer:

A centimeter is a measure of length. One centimeter is one hundredth of a meter. In addition to its use in the measurement of length, the centimetre is used:

• Sometimes, to report the level of rainfall as measured by a rain gauge.
• In the CGS system, the centimetre is used to measure capacitance, where 1 cm of capacitance = 1.113 × 10^-12 Farad.
• In Canadian maps, centimetres are used to make conversions from map scale to real world scale (kilometres)