Definition of centimeter
: a unit of length equal to 1⁄100 meter — see metric system table
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The species, dubbed Hyalinobatrachium yaku, is just two centimeters long and sports markings similar to other glass frogs in the region.
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That may not sound very close, but if the Earth and the sun were separated by 1 meter, the probe would be 4 centimeters from the sun, Fox said.
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Having its own system is expected to reduce location errors in Japan to a few centimeters (inches) from as much as 10 meters (30 feet) by some estimates.
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The same ground can be re-scanned again in, say, a month or two, to detect changes in the surface level and shape within an accuracy of a few centimeters.
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The resolution on these maps has since increased from a cubic centimeter to a cubic millimeter: a thousandfold improvement.
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In the metric system, which is used in most countries of the world, each basic unit of measure of length, area, or volume can be divided into centimeters. A meter consists of 100 centimeters, a square meter consists of 10,000 square centimeters, and a cubic meter consists of 1,000,000 cubic centimeters.
1794
First Known Use of centimeter
1794
CENTIMETER Defined for English Language Learners
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: a length equal to 1/100 meter
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: a unit of length equal to 1⁄100 meter
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