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square centimeter

square centimeter

1 2.2
An area equal to a square one centimeter on each side
  • noun
  • /skwɛr ˈsɛntɪˌmɛtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : centímetro cuadrado
  • And they stream off the sun towards us, so much so that every second a billion neutrinos passes through every square centimeter of your body.
  • square centimeters per second

And they stream off the sun towards us, so much so that every second a billion neutrinos passes through every square centimeter of your body.

Examples

  • In fact, every square centimeter of our skin has cells that have a few mutations that take them on the way to a Melanoma.

  • The units for irradiance are milliwatts per square centimeter (mW/cm), and the units for time are seconds.

    Academic text (2002)

  • So it's the number of atoms per square centimeter in a given plane.

  • What this says is that every square centimeter of our universe is filled with something called dark energy.

  • Every second, a certain amount of solar energy passes through each square centimeter of space at the average distance of the Earth from the Sun.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There are more connections in a single square centimetre of human brain tissue than there are stars in our Galaxy.

  • You know, we don't even know for sure what goes on in a single square centimeter of soil.

  • Flux tells you the number of atoms per square centimeter per unit time.

  • At sea level, the atmospheric pressure exerts a force of one kilogram of pressure per square centimeter on the surface area of all objects.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The laboratory measures the concentration of bacteria in each square centimeter of the petri dish.

How Big

square kilometer
  • US
15 2.6
hectare
  • Specialized
18 3.8
acre
382 1.3
area unit
2.6
square meter
  • US
10 1.0
square centimeter
  • Specialized
1 2.2

Surface Forms

square centimeter singular
square centimeters plural
sq cms plural
sq cm singular

Morphology

square + centimeter

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'square' with sides of one 'centimeter' denotes an area of one square centimeter. This is a standard metric unit and follows regular noun–noun compounding found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Square centimeter is literally a tiny square with each side one centimeter long, so the name tells you the shape and the length. Because it shows the space inside that small square, people use it to measure 'area'.