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CENTIMETER

\sˈɛntɪmˌiːtə], \sˈɛntɪmˌiːtə], \s_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_m_ˌiː_t_ə]\

Definitions of CENTIMETER

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A measure of length equal to the hundredth part of a meter, or .3937 inch.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The hundredth part of a meter, 0.3937 inch, or practically 2/5 inch.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

One-hundredth part of a meter; two fifths of a linear inch.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

In the metric system of measures, the one hundredth part of a meter, a length of .39370 inch. [Fr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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