centimetrenoun [ C ]
UK US centimeter uk/ˈsen.tɪˌmiː.tər/us/ˈsen.t̬əˌmiː.t̬ɚ/written abbreviation cmA2 a unit of length equal to 0.01 of a metre
Examples
- The shelves are three centimetres thick.
- There is a ten centimetre gap between the table and the wall.
- I need the measurements for the curtains in centimetres.
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Measurements of length & distance
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- cm
- footer
- ft
- head
- inch
- kilometre
- km
- meter
- metre
- micrometre
- micron
- mile
- mileage
- mm
- mpg
- nanometre
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Examples from literature
- It was not until Thursday night, however, that the Germans brought their famous forty-two- centimetre guns into action.
- Several species are common growing upon the bottom of ponds and slow streams, and range in size from a few centimetres to a metre or more in height.
- She had had in her body one wound of ten centimetres in size.
- The sterile branches grow to a height of forty to fifty centimetres, and from their bushy form the popular name of the plant, "horse-tail," is taken.
- They vary from a few centimetres to half a metre in height.