centimetre

British

/ ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə /

noun

one hundredth of a metre

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centimetre

"Every extra centimetre on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5% bigger surface area, you fly further," said FIS ski jumping men's race director Sandro Pertile.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

In 2023, he won the title despite playing with a three centimetre tear in his hamstring.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

“In the pole vault, you can just go one centimetre at a time.”

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

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

“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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