What does p. cm. mean?

Jan Krohn

The popup tells me it means centimeter, but somehow I doubt that... 

Graham Criddle

Jan Krohn said:

The popup tells me it means centimeter, but somehow I doubt that.

But yet it seems to!!

https://www.writers.net/front-matter-inquiry-t113988.html#:~:text=The%20p.,know%20the%20pages%2C%20centimetres). 

DAL

P = Page CM = 900 😉 

DAL

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1255888#Comment_1255888

The “p. cm.” line is the “Physical description of the book, almost always blank since the books are usually not yet published” at the time when the CIP data is put together. Specifically, it’s an indication of the page count and the book’s size (in centimeters). 

https://www.kith.org/words/2020/11/26/cataloging-in-publication-data/#:~:text=The%20%E2%80%9Cp.,book's%20size%20(in%20centimeters). 

??

Jan Krohn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1255891#Comment_1255891

Interesting.

I'm still wondering why the "p." part of the line isn't tagged, and also why neither "p." nor "cm." isn't tagged in any other resources that I've spot checked.