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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Centimeter

/sĕn'-təm-ētˌ-ẽr/ · Cen·ti·me·ter · IPA /sˈɛntəmˌiːtər/
01 n. 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.
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    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. See: Meter