centimeter
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- noun
- /ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtər/
- US
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centímetro
- The ruler shows that the length of the box is 30 centimeters.
- centimeter (cm)
- cubic centimeter
- square centimeter
He only ever beats his world record by a centimeter each time.
- He only ever beats his world record by a centimeter each time.
- They manufactured micro beating hearts, you know, few centimetres in size.
- And I have this tape measure has both inches and centimeters.
- It could just be a grueling marathon, but she came in six centimeters, which was just incredible.
- Dude, I had a hard time trusting a rope that was a centimeter thick.
Examples
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We're going to have one centimetre across the whole floor.
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If it's one centimeter, how many centimeters are there in a kilometer?
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So if we move it out one more centimeter, it will be like this.
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It's like half a centimeter bigger.
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If I extended my hand just a centimeter, I could touch his arm.
Fiction book (1998) -
Eight feet, give or take a centimeter.
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Each one of its teeth was 15 centimeters long.
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He only ever beats his world record by a centimeter each time.
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And the length of the nose, 6 centimeters.
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Another two centimeters or so and that nail would have punctured his lung.
Synonyms
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A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
Compounds
How Long
- US
572
1.8
- Specialized
621
1.0
- Specialized
1
3.7
- US
92
1.0
- Specialized
140
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word centimeter comes from two parts: centi- meaning 'hundred', like in century or cent, and meter meaning 'measure'. Think of a meter cut into 100 equal pieces, and one of those pieces is a centimeter, which is why we use it for small distances.