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Re: Re: Mains installation in garden



> Thinking about Mass and Weight, Speed and Velocity, why do we use
> Centimetres when SI is mm or m?

Ah, thats an easy one. The SI unit of length is a Metre (m).

Centi, Milli, etc are all SI Prefixes.

If you're interested see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix

Cheers

Stuart




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