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American Heritage Dictionary:

cen·ti·me·ter

(sĕn'tə-mē'tər) pronunciation

n. (Abbr. cm)
A unit of length equal to one hundredth (10^-2) of a meter.

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Oxford Dictionary of Units & Measures:

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[Etymology: centi- + metre] length Symbol cm. (Metric) ¹/₁₀₀ m (0.393 70~ in, i.e. ¹/_2.54 in), the base unit for length in the c.g.s. system.

See also electromagnetic centimetre; electrostatic centimetre.

Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Technology:

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One hundredth of a meter; equal to somewhat less than half an inch.

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A unit of measurement that is 1/100th of a meter or approximately 4/10ths of an inch (0.39 inch).

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:

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In the metric system, a measure of length equal to a hundredth part of a meter, or 0.3937+ in.; abbreviated cm; an inch equals 2.54 cm.

Columbia Encyclopedia:

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centimeter (sĕn'tĭmē'tər), abbr. cm, unit of length equal to 0.01 meter, the basic unit of length in the metric system. The centimeter is the unit of length in the cgs system. It is approximately equal to 0.39 inch, or 1 inch equals about 2.54 centimeters. See weights and measures.

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To convert from centimeters to:

feet, multiply by .03281.
inches, multiply by .3937.
kilometers, multiply by .00001.
meters, multiply by .01.
miles, multiply by 6.214E-06.
millimeters, multiply by 10.
mils, multiply by 393.7.
yards, multiply by .01094.

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IN BRIEF: A length of one-hundredth of a meter.

The insect measured one centimeter across.

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Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Science:

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(sen-tuh-mee-tuhr)

A unit of length in the metric system; one-hundredth of a meter, or about two-fifths of an inch.

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One-hundredth of a meter, or approximately 0.3937 inch; abbreviated cm.

cubic c. — a unit of capacity, being that of a cube 1 cm on a side; abbreviated cm³, cu.cm. or cc.

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Metric System - centimeter: cm; ten millimeters, 1/100 meter

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		American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more
		Oxford Dictionary of Units & Measures. A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units. Copyright © Donald Fenna 2002, 2004. All rights reserved. Read more
		Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Technology. The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Second Edition, Revised and updated Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 1993 by Houghton Mifflin Company . All rights reserved. Read more
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		McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more
		Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/. Read more
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