[
UK
/sˈɛntɪmˌiːtɐ/
]
[ US /ˈsɛntəˌmitɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɛntəˌmitɝ/ ]
NOUN
- 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.