Convert inches to cm - Conversion of Measurement Units

You can do the reverse unit conversion from , or enter any two units below: I'm feeling lucky, show me some . An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. The inch is usually the universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is widely used in the United Kingdom, and Canada, despite the introduction of metric to the latter two in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively. A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundreth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. It is the base unit in the centimetre-gram-second system of units. You can find metric conversion tables for SI units, as well as English units, currency, and other data. Type in unit symbols, abbreviations, or full names for units of length, area, mass, pressure, and other types.