A unit of measure in the metric system which is 1/100'th of a meter. There are 2.54 centimeters (cms) in one inch. The centimeter is commonly used in medicine to state the size of objects or distance between points. It may seem senseless to define a centimeter in a medical dictionary but in North American medicine (and medicine everywhere) tod [..]

A measure of length in the metric system. There are 100 centimeters in a meter and 2½ centimeters in an inch.

also centimetre, 1801, from French centimètre (18c.), coined from Latin centum "hundred" (see hundred) + French mètre (see meter (n.2)).

A centimeter is one one-hundredth (1/100) of a meter. One inch is about 2.5 cm; a penny is about 2 cm wide.

metric unit of measurement, equal to about .34 inch.

a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, which is [..]

n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.

tsentimeter

A metric unit of measurement of length.

(n) a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

N M one who employs a hundred/very many meters (poetic)

A measure of length in the metric system. A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter. There are 2½ centimeters in an inch.

Metric unit of linear measurement which equals .3937 inches.

A metric measuring unit equal to approximately 0.390 inches.

A measure of length in the metric system. There are 100 centimeters in a meter and 2½ centimeters in an inch.

1 cm = 0.39 inches.

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