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Pressure & stress

centimetre of watercmH₂O

One hundredth of a metre of water; common in medicine.

Dimension
pressure
Canonical signature
L^-1*M*T^-2
System
si accepted
Exactness
Approximate

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 cmH₂O = 98.0638 Pa
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
cm H2O, centimeter of water

Same dimension

Related units

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Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 cmH₂O = 98.0638 Pa

Approximate relationship

10 cmH₂O = 980.638 Pa

Approximate relationship