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Interactive centimeters to nautical miles conversion tool

The cm to nmi converter below can be used to quickly and easily convert centimeters to nautical miles. Simply enter the number of centimeters you want to convert and the calculator will output the corresponding value in nautical miles.

What is the conversion factor between centimeters and nautical miles?

A conversion factor is used to change the units of a measured quantity without changing its value. It represents the ratio (or fraction) that expresses the relationship between two different units. A conversion factor is always equal to 1.

The relationship between centimeters and nautical miles is 185200, such as:

Following the formula above, we can see that there are 185200 centimeters for every nautical mile, and for every centimeter, there are 1185200 nautical miles (5.39957e-6 nmi).

To convert from centimeters to nautical miles, we turn our formula into a conversion factor that is equal to 1.

Both these fractions are equal to 1. The numerator and the denominator are equivalent, they are just expressed in different units.

Because we are converting from centimeter to nautical mile, we will use the first fraction: 1 nmi185200 cm so that centimeters are canceled out. We then multiply the value in centimeters by this fraction to get the result in nautical miles (see example).

Note that cm is in the denominator (bottom) of the conversion factor. This is important, you always want to have the unit you are converting from at the bottom and the unit you are converting to in the numerator (top).

You will find below how to use this ratio to convert from cm to nmi. Just remember for now that the conversion factor for converting from centimeters to nautical miles is:

Which is bigger, a centimeter or a nautical mile?

When it comes to measurements, there can be some confusion over which is bigger, a centimeter or an nautical mile. To find out which one is larger, we must first convert one unit to the other and then compare them.

• 1 cm = 1185200 nmi = 5.399568035e-6 nmi
• 5.39957e-6 nautical mile is smaller than 1 nautical mile.
• 1 centimeter is, therefore, smaller than 1 nautical mile.
• To be more specific, a nautical mile is 185200 times bigger than a centimeter.

centimeters to nautical miles conversion table

How to convert centimeters to nautical miles?

Multiplying any value by 1 will get you the same value back. You can do that one time or multiple times.

For example:

• 81 x 1 = 81
• 838 x 1 x 1 x 1 = 838

Multiplying by 1 is the first step in any unit conversion problem. The second step is to replace the number 1 with the conversion factor that is also equal to 1.

For example, if we want to convert 1.852e+6 centimeters into nautical miles we multiply 1.852e+6 cm by the conversion factor of 1 nmi185200 cm

By replacing the number 1 with the conversion factor, centimeters are canceled out and we get the result in nautical miles. And since the conversion factor is equal to 1, multiplying it with the original value won't change its magnitude and will only change its unit.

Based on this, we can conclude that 1.852e+6 centimeters are equal to 10 nautical miles.

Remember:

• When converting from centimeters to nautical miles, we use 1 nmi185200 cm as a conversion factor.

Practice: centimeters to nautical miles conversion

Try answering the following questions without using our custom conversion calculator. Knowing how to convert manually between centimeters and nautical miles could prove to be useful, so give it a shot. Once you are confident you can convert centimeters to nautical miles, there is no harm then in taking full advantage of the tools available to you.

How to convert 91 centimeters to nautical miles?

We multiply 91 by the factor of 1

We replace the number 1 with the conversion factor for centimeters to nautical miles

We multiply 91 centimeters by the conversion factor. Having centimeters in the denominator allows us to cancel out the undesired units (cm) leaving only nautical miles in the final result.

Answer: There are 0.000491361 nautical miles in 91 centimeters

How many nautical miles are in 785 centimeters?

Multiply 785 by the conversion factor. Make sure the unwanted unit (cm) is in the denominator.

This allows us to cancel out the centimeters (cm) and leave the nautical miles (nmi)

Answer: There are 0.00423866 nautical miles in 785 centimeters

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• 1 nmi = 185200 cm
• To convert from nautical miles to centimeters use our nmi to cm converter

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