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The centimeter is a unit of length equal to one-hundredth of a meter (0.01 m). It's commonly used for measuring smaller lengths such as the width of objects or heights of individuals.
A light year (ly) is a unit of length used in astronomy, representing the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum, approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers (about 5.879 trillion miles).