42 cm to inches

42 cm to in conversion calculator

42 cm to in converter converts 42 centimeters into inches and vice versa instantly and precisely. It further converts 42 cm into meters, km, miles, and more simultaneously.

cm definition:

According to the system of units CGS (centimeter/gram/second), the centimeter (abbreviation, cm) measures displacement (distance or length). Approximately 2.54 centimeters are contained within one linear inch, and one cm is equal to 0.01 meters. 0.0001 (10-4) cm is equal to one micrometer (symbolized as µm or µ).

Inch definition:

An inch is a unit of British Imperial and American Customary measurement which is equal to 1/36 of a yard. This unit came from the Old English ince, or ynce, which was itself descended from the Latin uncia, which denoted one-twelfth of a Roman foot, or pes. The official definition of an inch as of 1959 is 2.54 cm.