Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation centimeter
- abbreviation circular mil
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of centimeter.
- An abbreviation of
Companion of St. Michael and St. George . Seeorder . - An abbreviation of
Church Missionary Society . - An abbreviation of
common meter double . - An abbreviation of the Latin cras mane sumendus, in medical prescriptions, ‘to be taken to-morrow morning.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- the abbreviation for
centimeter . - the chemical symbol for the element
curium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun metrology Symbol for the
centimeter (centimetre ), anSI unit oflength equal to 10−2meters (metres ). - noun A Roman numeral representing
nine hundred (900 ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
- noun a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
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Examples
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However, a tile die measuring 10 x 10 cm has an area of 100 cm².
5. Semidry foaming 1991
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For example, a tile die measuring 15 cm x 15 cm has an area of 225 cm².
5. Semidry foaming 1991
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The latter batch should yield about 1000 pumice-concrete solid bricks measuring 25 × 12 × 10 cm and displaying a compression strength of roughly 25 kg/cm² after approximately 3 months 'curing time.
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Cross-sectional area of iron tube = 192 cm³ / 8 cm = 24 cm²
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Units: square mm (mm²) square ft (sq ft; ft²) 1 ft² = 0.0929 m² square cm (cm²) square yd (sq yd; yd2) 1 yd² = 0.8361 m² square m (m²) acre
5. Appendices 1993
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Units: cubic cm (cm³) cubic ft (cu ft; ft³) 1 ft³ = 28.32 dm³ cubic decimetre (dm³) cubic yd (cu yd; yd³) 1 yd³ = 0.7646 m³ cubic m (m³) 1728 in³ = 1 ft³
5. Appendices 1993
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The “studio model” has the FastLeg structures placed at 10 cm from the tabletop sides.
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The “Kitchen model” has the FastLeg structures placed at 30 cm from the tabletop sides.
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In the IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers (Wkng. Gp 1), 28 cm is the midpoint of the B1 scenario in Table SPM-3.
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Spread the pecans about 3 inches 8 cm from the short edge of the dough in a 3-inch-wide strip.
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Cm. Chemical element symbol for Curium.
December 16, 2007