centimetrecentimetern.

Brit.

/ˈsɛntᵻˌmiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛn(t)əˌmidər/

Forms: 1700s– centimetre, 1800s– centimeter (now chiefly U.S.).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French centimètre.

Etymology: < French centimètre (1793) < centi- centi- comb. form + mètre metre n.²Compare the following very slightly earlier occurrence of the French noun in an English context: 1794 Analyt. Rev. Jan. 116 (table) ¹/ ₁₀₀ [Metres]. Centimetre. 4,434 [Paris lines]. 3,917 [English lines].

One hundredth of a metre (approx. 0.3937 inch). Symbol cm (see C n. Initialisms 1b).Recorded earliest in cubic centimetre (cf. cubic adj. 2).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > metre > the hundredth part of a metre

centimetre1794

1794 Monthly Rev. Mar. 325 The weight of a Cubic Centimetre of water is named a Gravet, or Maille.

1809 Naval Chron. 22 363 Its..diameter did not exceed a centimetre.

1882 Punch 23 Sept. 134/2 A 15-centimetre Krupp went off in my face, carrying away my false collar.

1935 Isis 24 272 As an example, we may take the Rhenish inch (‘rheinischer Zoll’) of 2.615 centimeters in the primitive system.

1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl i. 15 [He] had suffered all his life from being ten centimetres shorter than most of his fellow men.

2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies iii. 54 The striped earwigs are robust predaceous insects reaching a centimeter or so in length.

Compounds

C1. attributive.

a. Designating a square or cube having sides one centimetre in length, as centimetre cube, centimetre square.

ΚΠ

1801 R. W. Adye Little Bombardier, & Pocket Gunner 142 (table) Weight of a centimeter cube of distilled water.

1837 J. T. Smith tr. L. J. Vicat Pract. & Sci. Treat. Mortars & Cements 92 An absolute resistance of 5^k.43 per centimetre square.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xviii. 199 The specific conductivity of a liquid is defined..as the conductivity between opposite faces of a centimetre cube.

1969 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 48 53 On translucent metric co-ordinate paper, squares of 4 mm side were constructed, one at the top left-hand corner of each centimetre square.

2010 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. 4 Peel the potatoes and cut them into centimetre cubes.

b. Marked or graduated in centimetres, as centimetre rule, centimetre scale, etc.

ΚΠ

1869 C. J. Hempel tr. B. Bæhr Sci. Therapeutics I. vi. 582 A glass-cylinder provided with a centimeter-scale is absolutely required.

1921 School Rev. 29 43 The pupil..becomes acquainted with..the inch ruler, the centimeter ruler, the compass, and squared paper.

1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 May 1521/1 The only instrument used was an ordinary centimetre tape-measure in a spring-loaded case.

2002 D. Clemson & W. Clemson Meas., Shape & Space: 5 116 Use a centimetre rule. Draw squares of 1 cm to fill each rectangle.

C2.

centimetre-gram-second adj. designating the system of units having the centimetre, gram, and second as its fundamental units of length, mass, and time respectively; of or relating to this system. Abbreviated CGS (see C n. Initialisms 3). Cf. metre-kilogram-second adj. at metre n.² Compounds.This system of units was introduced in 1873 at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1874 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1873 222–5).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a system or standard of measuring > other spec.

international1857

International System1864

centimetre-gram-second1875

foot-pound-second1877

DIN1932

SI1961

imperial1970

1875 J. D. Everett (title) Illustrations of the Centimetre-Gramme-Second (C.G.S.) system of units.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 699/1 In the Centimetre-Gramme-Second system of units, the absolute unit of force produces in one second, in a mass of one gramme, a velocity of one centimetre per second.

1965 R. Benumof Concepts in Physics iii. 52 In the centimeter-gram-second (cgs) system of units, the density of water is 1 gm/cm³.

2006 Science 28 Apr. 550/3 In order to be consistent with existing literature..we quote formulas in centimeter-gram-second units but refer to numerical values in SI units.

centimetre wave n. an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 1 and 10 cm (corresponding to a frequency range of 3 to 30 GHz).Centimetre waves fall within the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > radio wave > microwave > [noun] > of specific length

centimeter wave1929

1929 Wireless World 13 Nov. 545/2 No doubt very soon even the ‘centimetre’ waves will have plenty of power.

1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War Pl. xxiii The aerial of a centimetre-wave radar.

2004 I. S. Robinson Measuring Oceans from Space ix. 409 Microwave backscatter is sensitive to the centimetre or decimetre waves in the spectral tail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	centimetre
释义	centimetrecentimetern. Brit. /ˈsɛntᵻˌmiːtə/, U.S. /ˈsɛn(t)əˌmidər/ Forms: 1700s– centimetre, 1800s– centimeter (now chiefly U.S.). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French centimètre. Etymology: < French centimètre (1793) < centi- centi- comb. form + mètre metre n.²Compare the following very slightly earlier occurrence of the French noun in an English context: 1794 Analyt. Rev. Jan. 116 (table) ¹/ ₁₀₀ [Metres]. Centimetre. 4,434 [Paris lines]. 3,917 [English lines]. One hundredth of a metre (approx. 0.3937 inch). Symbol cm (see C n. Initialisms 1b).Recorded earliest in cubic centimetre (cf. cubic adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > metre > the hundredth part of a metre centimetre1794 1794 Monthly Rev. Mar. 325 The weight of a Cubic Centimetre of water is named a Gravet, or Maille. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 363 Its..diameter did not exceed a centimetre. 1882 Punch 23 Sept. 134/2 A 15-centimetre Krupp went off in my face, carrying away my false collar. 1935 Isis 24 272 As an example, we may take the Rhenish inch (‘rheinischer Zoll’) of 2.615 centimeters in the primitive system. 1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl i. 15 [He] had suffered all his life from being ten centimetres shorter than most of his fellow men. 2006 J. T. Costa Other Insect Societies iii. 54 The striped earwigs are robust predaceous insects reaching a centimeter or so in length. Compounds C1. attributive. a. Designating a square or cube having sides one centimetre in length, as centimetre cube, centimetre square. ΚΠ 1801 R. W. Adye Little Bombardier, & Pocket Gunner 142 (table) Weight of a centimeter cube of distilled water. 1837 J. T. Smith tr. L. J. Vicat Pract. & Sci. Treat. Mortars & Cements 92 An absolute resistance of 5^k.43 per centimetre square. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xviii. 199 The specific conductivity of a liquid is defined..as the conductivity between opposite faces of a centimetre cube. 1969 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 48 53 On translucent metric co-ordinate paper, squares of 4 mm side were constructed, one at the top left-hand corner of each centimetre square. 2010 Financial Times (Electronic ed.) 2 Jan. 4 Peel the potatoes and cut them into centimetre cubes. b. Marked or graduated in centimetres, as centimetre rule, centimetre scale, etc. ΚΠ 1869 C. J. Hempel tr. B. Bæhr Sci. Therapeutics I. vi. 582 A glass-cylinder provided with a centimeter-scale is absolutely required. 1921 School Rev. 29 43 The pupil..becomes acquainted with..the inch ruler, the centimeter ruler, the compass, and squared paper. 1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 May 1521/1 The only instrument used was an ordinary centimetre tape-measure in a spring-loaded case. 2002 D. Clemson & W. Clemson Meas., Shape & Space: 5 116 Use a centimetre rule. Draw squares of 1 cm to fill each rectangle. C2. centimetre-gram-second adj. designating the system of units having the centimetre, gram, and second as its fundamental units of length, mass, and time respectively; of or relating to this system. Abbreviated CGS (see C n. Initialisms 3). Cf. metre-kilogram-second adj. at metre n.² Compounds.This system of units was introduced in 1873 at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1874 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1873 222–5). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > a system or standard of measuring > other spec. international1857 International System1864 centimetre-gram-second1875 foot-pound-second1877 DIN1932 SI1961 imperial1970 1875 J. D. Everett (title) Illustrations of the Centimetre-Gramme-Second (C.G.S.) system of units. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 699/1 In the Centimetre-Gramme-Second system of units, the absolute unit of force produces in one second, in a mass of one gramme, a velocity of one centimetre per second. 1965 R. Benumof Concepts in Physics iii. 52 In the centimeter-gram-second (cgs) system of units, the density of water is 1 gm/cm³. 2006 Science 28 Apr. 550/3 In order to be consistent with existing literature..we quote formulas in centimeter-gram-second units but refer to numerical values in SI units. centimetre wave n. an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 1 and 10 cm (corresponding to a frequency range of 3 to 30 GHz).Centimetre waves fall within the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > radio wave > microwave > [noun] > of specific length centimeter wave1929 1929 Wireless World 13 Nov. 545/2 No doubt very soon even the ‘centimetre’ waves will have plenty of power. 1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War Pl. xxiii The aerial of a centimetre-wave radar. 2004 I. S. Robinson Measuring Oceans from Space ix. 409 Microwave backscatter is sensitive to the centimetre or decimetre waves in the spectral tail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1794
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