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6/7/2022 12:53:26 AM EDT
I am interested in the usage of centimeters vs. millimeters in Europe. As far as I am able to tell, centimeters are being deprecated in favor of millimeters. It also seems like centimeters are being relegated to non-professional uses?

Please correct my understanding here.
6/12/2022 8:34:44 PM EDT
[#1]
In lots of technical stuff it's always been listed in MM as far as I can remember -> 'I need 160mm tubing'/'I used 2mm wire'

Larger stuff is usually listed in meters and a optional decimal (comma not dot) for the centimeters -> 'The wall is 10,3m long'

I honestly am trying to think up stuff were centimeters are used as standard but I'm not comming up with much besides anecdotal stuff like a auction description (length 43,5 cm) of a chain i bought mrs. iggy1337 and clothing stuff. Most people wil use CM when quickly descibing objects in human use.
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7/16/2022 5:34:51 PM EDT
[#2]
Millimeters is the standard in machine shops and tech stuff in general.

Centimeters are for bricklayers

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