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centimetre

(sentɪmiːtəʳ)
Word forms: plural centimetresregional note: in AM, use centimeter
countable noun
A centimetre is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimetres or one-hundredth of a metre.
...a tiny fossil plant, only a few centimetres high.

centimetre in British English

or US centimeter (ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə)
noun
one hundredth of a metre

Examples of 'centimetre' in a sentence
centimetre

To this day his right leg is three centimetres shorter than his left.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But the steering wheel had not and ended up just ten centimetres from the seat.
The Sun (2007)
Its nose is only a few centimetres long but will get much longer.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Scientific knowledge will not advance by one centimetre as a result of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The total length of his journey is within five centimetres of a whole number of metres.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The mattress was about one centimetre thick.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My face had dropped five centimetres because of the bone damage and my teeth were hanging out.
The Sun (2011)
Take a handful of clay and roll it out about a centimetre thick.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was about a centimetre thick and was cork wrapped in white leather.
The Sun (2013)
The cup grows a centimetre or so high and wide and is attached to the cave wall by a short stalk.
Chapman, Philip Caves and Cave Life (1993)
But the problem is delivery because thousands of injections of stem cells would be needed to cover a cubic centimetre of muscles.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The doctors said that if the cut had been just half a centimetre longer they would have had to remove my kidney.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They can hit a target to within one centimetre from 16 miles.
The Sun (2011)
Indeed, a sceptic might judge his barnet to be a couple of centimetres too long.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
THIS tiny squid just one centimetre long was the winning catch in a national fishing competition.
The Sun (2012)
There were two panels in the ceiling -- ten centimetres wide -- and covered in a screen for air.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
The bright flowers were dug out of a mine in a mountain range of the Dominican Republic and are almost one centimetre in length.
The Sun (2016)
I tried to head it into the corner but I did it five centimetres too far.
The Sun (2015)

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centimetre

British English: centimetre /ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə/ NOUN
A centimetre is a unit of length equal to ten millimetres or one-hundredth of a metre.
...a tiny fossil plant, only a few centimetres high.
  • American English: centimeter
  • Arabic: سَنْتِيمِتْر
  • Brazilian Portuguese: centímetro
  • Chinese: 厘米
  • Croatian: centimetar
  • Czech: centimetr
  • Danish: centimeter
  • Dutch: centimeter
  • European Spanish: centímetro
  • Finnish: senttimetri
  • French: centimètre
  • German: Zentimeter
  • Greek: εκατοστό
  • Italian: centimetro unità di misura
  • Japanese: センチメートル
  • Korean: 센티미터
  • Norwegian: centimeter
  • Polish: centymetr
  • European Portuguese: centímetro
  • Romanian: centimetru
  • Russian: сантиметр
  • Latin American Spanish: centímetro
  • Swedish: centimeter
  • Thai: เซนติเมตร
  • Turkish: santimetre
  • Ukrainian: сантиметр
  • Vietnamese: centimet

Chinese translation of 'centimetre'

centimetre

or (US) centimeter
(ˈsɛntɪmiːtəʳ)

n (c)

  1. 厘(釐)米 (límǐ)
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