Fixing a small French radio set.

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This is a wonderful website where you can waste a few minutes.

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictC.html

centimeter (cm) [1]the basic unit of distance in the CGS version of the metric system, equal to 0.01 meter. One centimeter is about 0.393 700 787 inch.

centimeter (cm) [2]an obsolete name for the statfarad (approximately 1.11 picofarad), the CGS electrostatic unit of capacitance.

centimeter (cm) [3]an obsolete name for the abhenry, the CGS electromagnetic unit of inductance. The abhenry is the same as the nanohenry.

centimeter (cm) [4]one of several traditional units of pressure, including the centimeter of mercury and the centimeter of water (next two entries).

I'm just so glad we don't use CGS unit any more.