centimeter

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centimeter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Centimeter \Cen"ti*me`ter\, Centimetre \Cen"ti*me`tre\, n. [F.
     centim[`e]tre; centi- (L. centum) + m[`e]tre. See Meter.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

centimeter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  centimeter
      n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
           [syn: centimeter, centimetre, cm]