Hypertext Webster Gateway: "centimetre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Centimeter \Cen"ti*me`ter\, Centimetre \Cen"ti*me`tre\, n. [F.
centim[`e]tre; centi- (L. centum) + m[`e]tre. See {Meter}.]
The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to
rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch.
See {Meter}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
centimetre
n : a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
[syn: {centimeter}, {cm}]
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