- a variation of centimeter.
centimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Just one centimetre higher or lower - that is the difference between success sometimes and defeat."
From BBC • May 12, 2026
In February 2020, a 20-year-old Armand Duplantis - ‘Mondo’ as he’s more commonly known - broke Lavillenie’s record by one centimetre.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
"If we don't have the orders, we don't move. Even if there's one centimetre of water, we don't intervene. It's frustrating," said his union colleague, Marc Alegrè.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
Chan came close to moving back into the medal positions with his final jump, but on his Paralympic debut, his final jump of 6.39m saw him miss out on a medal by just one centimetre.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024
“One cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments,” said the Assistant Predestinator citing a piece of homely hypnopacdic wisdom.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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