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A length of one-hundredth of a meter.

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Usage examples (31)
  • The insect measured one centimeter across.
  • And that's where they found it, a 2.4 - centimeter, which is pretty significant.
  • A Fibroadenoma can be anywhere from one centimeter to five centimeter, which is from less than half an inch to almost two inches.
  • Some of the milk brought to the cities contains as many as 15,000,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, that is, about 600,000 per drop.
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