Centimeter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  centimeter
       n : a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
           [syn: {centimetre}, {cm}]