- a variation of centimeter.
centimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The hair closest to the scalp will cover the most recent month, the next centimetre the next month, and so on.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
"A tiny spot of less than a centimetre" was discovered during the most recent check up.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
"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
"Every centimetre of sea-level rise exposes another 2 million people to annual flooding somewhere on our planet," said Prof Shepherd.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
The blade wasn’t more than a centimetre long, very small, very sharp and very shiny.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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