A unit of mass in the metric system equal to one hundredth of a gram, or about 0.154 grains.
From 'centi-' (one hundredth) + 'gram' (from Greek 'gramma' meaning small weight). The centigram was established as part of the metric system in France in 1795.
A single grain of rice weighs about 20-30 centigrams, making it a perfect real-world reference point for this tiny unit—pharmaceutical scales often measure medicine in centigrams because pill doses are usually just fractions of a gram!
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