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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F.

centimètre

;

centi-

(L.

centum

) +

mètre

. See

The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See

See also: centimetre, centímetre, and centi-metre

centimètre m ‎(plural centimètres)