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Centimeter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A unit of length equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a meter. See Table at measurement.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. US spelling of centimetre.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See meter.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In the metric system, a measure of length, the hundredth part of a meter, equal to 0.3937+ of an English inch: that is, one inch equals 2.54 centimeters, as nearly as possible. Also spelled centimetre, and abbreviated cm.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

Word Usage

""steel [7.86 grams per cubic centimeter] is the lightest of the bunch, followed by bismuth, at 9.60 gms/cc; Tungsten-Iron, at 10.30; Tungsten Matrix, at 10.60; lead, at 11.10; and, the real heavyweight in the ring, Hevi-Shot, at 12 gms/cc.""

Equivalent

centimetre

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

metric linear unit

Cross Reference

centimeter-gram-second system

Variant

meter

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

centimetre

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

centimetre millimeter millimeters liter kilometer