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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Centimeter \Cen"ti*me`ter\, Centimetre \Cen"ti*me`tre\, n. [F.
      centim[`e]tre; centi- (L. centum) + m[`e]tre. See Meter.]
      The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to
      rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch.
      See Meter.
      [1913 Webster]