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cen⋅ti⋅me⋅ter

  [sen-tuh-mee-ter]
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–noun
one 100th of a meter, equivalent to 0.3937 inch. Abbreviation: cm
Also, especially British, cen⋅ti⋅me⋅tre.

Origin:
1795–1805; < F centimètre. See centi-, meter 1
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