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centimetre

[ UK /sˈɛntɪmˌiːtɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɛntəˌmitɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

How To Use centimetre In A Sentence

  • This was replaced in 1956 by a bigger four-stroke engine offering 297 cubic centimetres of raw power.
  • Sand volcanoes range in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres.
  • The sensor can time this journey down to the nanosecond, ESA says, meaning that the instrument is accurate to within two centimetres.
  • You don't get there any quicker by being 20 centimetres rather than 20 metres from the vehicle in front.
  • Our modern metric units, like the gram or the centimetre, originate from their handy description of everyday quantities.
  • At 193 centimetres, with a huge leap and a booming kick, it was believed that the young star would slot neatly into a key forward post with the Blues.
  • Patches can range from a few millimetres to a few centimetres in size.
  • Their work is so thorough that in the areas in which they live almost all the soil to a depth of many centimetres has passed through the alimentary tract of an earthworm at some time.
  • The overmantel contains its original rectangular mirror plate and has a moulded bead and leaf frame measuring 83 centimetres high by 150 wide.
  • Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.
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