Definition of Centimeters

1. Noun. (plural of centimeter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centimeters

1. centimeter [n] - See also: centimeter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centimeters

centiles
centiliter
centiliters
centilitre
centilitres
centillion
centillions
centiloquies
centiloquy
centime
centimes
centimeter
centimeter-gram-second
centimeter-gram-second system
centimeter-gram-second unit
centimeters (current term)
centimetre
centimetres
centimetric
centimo
centimorgan
centimorgans
centimos
centinel
centinels
centinewton
centinewtons
centinormal
centiped
centipede

Literary usage of Centimeters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Any cord under 32 centimeters is an absolutely short cord, and a cord which is over 32 centimeters in length and under the average length (55 centimeters) ..."

2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"The Igorots are a people of small stature (below 160 centimeters) although many individuals are above the average and some are tall. (Table III. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1920)
"These travel 0.15 centimeters to 0.12 centimeters per second, ... Thus in one set of trials the rate per second was found to be at 11° C. 4.0 centimeters ..."

4. American Druggist (1885)
"Instead of the required 5 cubic centimeters of filtrate, however,only 2 cubic centimeters were obtained. After several experiments, the bisulphate was ..."

5. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis: A Manual for the by Harvey Washington Wiley (1897)
"Sixty cubic centimeters of wine are decolorized with three cubic centimeters of lead sub- acetate solution and filtered. Thirty cubic centimeters of the ..."

6. Therapeutic Gazette (1897)
"The indication for pubic section, as he formulates it, is to be found in the slighter disproportion, two centimeters or less, between biparietal and pelvic ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"375 Cc. Water, six hundred and twenty-five cubic centimeters 625 Cc. To make about one thousand cubic centimeters 1000 Cc. Dissolve the thymol, ..."

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