centimetre

CEFRA2

/ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.tə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A unit of length equal to one hundredth of a metre.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm

Examples

  • I need just one more centimetre of tape to finish this.

  • Plant in parallel rows, leaving a 20-centimetre gap between each row.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsɑ̃.-/
  • /ˈsɒn.-/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The insect was only a centimetre long.

  • Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre

  • Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre

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Question 1 · Quick check

The insect was only one blank long, almost invisible to the naked eye.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French centimètre; equivalent to centi- + metre.