Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth (10−2) of a liter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A liquid measure in the metric system, the hundredth part of a liter, a little more than three fifths of a cubic inch. Also spelled
centilitre .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
centilitre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter
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Examples
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They claim after imbibing two 33 centiliter bottles your blood alcohol level will still be the limit legal for driving.
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They claim after imbibing two 33 centiliter bottles your blood alcohol level will still be the limit legal for driving.
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They claim after imbibing two 33 centiliter bottles your blood alcohol level will still be the limit legal for driving.
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-- (One milliliter -- Cubic centimeter). -- 10 milliliters 1 centiliter, 10 centiliters 1 deciliter, 10 deciliters 1 liter, 10 liters
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens
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Unlike the US, Europe has a much broader mix of can sizes, anything from 33 centiliter to 50 centiliter.
Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009
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Profitability was affected by higher cost inventory and negative product mix towards 33 centiliter packages, some price costs compression and a weaker euro relative to the dollar as Ray mentioned.
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The beer [Darkness] will be purchased from Surly Brewing Co., delivered to the leased space and sold in special 750 centiliter
MNBeer - Beer from the Twin Cities, Minnesota, Minneapolis, St. Paul and beyond 2009
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At residential clusters where vendors decant the product in small cans, a 60 centiliter bottle goes for as much as N120 while a four liter gallon goes for about N600.
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I believe that a centiliter of the essence costs about half a million credits on the open market You just got dosed by five times that. "
Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980
bilby commented on the word centiliter
See centilitre.
October 25, 2008