cm
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- noun
- Specialized
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cm
- The box is 15 cm wide, making it perfect for storing small items.
- cm in length
- cm diameter
- 1 inch = 2.54 cm
Examples
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Total annual precipitation of the region is 152 cm, of which 40% occurs in April through September.
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Figure 4: A 62-year-old man presenting with a 6 cm x 6 cm neurofibroma above the left eyebrow.
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Go for 3 cm to the left.
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It is really almost 10 cm in length.
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My legs are exactly 87.2 cm in length.
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A mouth-to-microphone distance of 6 cm was maintained throughout the recording for each speaker.
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The tumor was about 3 x 3 cm, hard, and ivory white in appearance.
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That's the equivalent of a liquid layer only 2.5 cm deep, barely enough.
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The goniometer was held 10 cm away at the infants' eye level.
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The defect sizes ranged between 2.5 cm x 3 cm and 4 cm x 4 cm.
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Synonyms
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A unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter, used to measure small distances
Surface Forms
Morphology
cm = centimeter (transparent) = c + m
The form 'cm' is a standard abbreviation that directly denotes 'centimeter', so learners who know 'centimeter' can readily recognise it.
Etymology
The word cm stands for centi- + meter. The part centi- means 'one hundredth', like in century or cent, and meter means 'measure', so a centimeter is one 'one hundredth' of a meter.