Found 2 items, similar to Centimeter.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: centimeter
centimeter
n : a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
[syn:
centimetre,
cm]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Centimeter
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]