This calculator allows you to convert from Centimeter to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Centimeter to Fathom, enter the amount of Centimeter into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Centimeter, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
1 Centimeter = 0.0054680664916885 Fathom
To convert Centimeter to Fathom: Every 1 Centimeter equals 0.0054680664916885 Fathom. For example, 100 Centimeter equal 100 * 0.0054680664916885 = 0.54680664916885 Fathom and so on..
Centimeter to Meter | Centimeter to Foot | Centimeter to Inch | Centimeter to Kilometer | Centimeter to Mile | Centimeter to Millimeter | Centimeter to Yard | Centimeter to Micrometer |All of us use rulers everyday. Rulers are digitized in centimeters, but what is the centimeter?
Centimeter is a metric unit which is used mostly to measure small distances. Centimeter can be abbreviated as "CM." One inch consists of 2.54 centimeters.
There is a french origion for the word "centimeter". It came from 2 Latin words, "centum" and " mètre".
What is fathom?
As we mentioned before, the human body was the base from which length units were derived. Fathom is one of these units. For a large man holding his arms fully extended, the distance from the middle fingertip of one hand to the middle fingertip of the other hand express one fathom.
For more specification, one fathom equals 6 feet or nearly 1.83 meter. The term "fathom" was derived from the old English "faedm" which means outstretched arms. Fathom is used mainly in water depth measurement.
