centimetre

British

/ ˈsɛntɪˌmiːtə /

noun

one hundredth of a metre

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Up until then, Snoeijs - who was born with a hole in her heart and a leg that grew to be six centimetres longer than the other - had sought to just handle her pain.

From BBC

From his living room in Dortmund, Lindel watched young kestrels hesitate before leaping from their nest to a beam just 80 centimetres away.

From BBC

Greenland's ice sheet alone would add around seven metres, and mountain glaciers about 41 centimetres.

From Barron's

On Sunday, USA ski jumper Annika Belshaw was disqualified from the women's large hill individual event because her skis were more than one centimetre too long.

From BBC

Rain will turn to snow temporarily to low levels to give a few centimetres before being more confined to higher gound where up to 15cm is possible.

From BBC

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