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centimeter
noun
a
unit
for
measuring
length
equal
to
one
hundredth
of
a
meter
•
The
caterpillar
measured
about
three
centimeters
long
.
The
caterpillar
measured
about
three
centimeters
long
.
•
Maria
drew
a
line
exactly
ten
centimeters
across
the
page
for
her
science
project
.
Maria
drew
a
line
exactly
ten
centimeters
across
the
page
for
her
science
project
.
Borrowed
into
English
in
the
early
19th
century
from
French
centimètre
,
from
centi-
(
one
hundredth
)
+
mètre
(
meter
).
noun
a
unit
of
length
equal
to
one-hundredth
of
a
meter
(
0
.
01
m
)
•
The
baby
grew
three
centimeters
in
a
month
.
The
baby
grew
three
centimeters
in
a
month
.
•
My
notebook
is
about
twenty
centimeters
tall
.
My
notebook
is
about
twenty
centimeters
tall
.
mid-19th
century
:
American
adoption
of
French
centimètre
,
adapting
the
spelling
to
–meter