cm
centimeter; centimeters.
cm
1 American
Or
cm
Cm
2
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
CM
3
American
c/m
4
American
c.m.
5
American
abbreviation
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church missionary.
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common meter.
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corresponding member.
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court-martial.
C.M.
6
American
abbreviation
Roman Catholic Church.
Cm
1
British
symbol
CM
2
British
abbreviation
cm
3
British
abbreviation
cm
4
British
symbol
cm
Scientific
Example Sentences
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Below 40 cm, or around 16 inches, freight shipping is typically suspended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But when researchers raised the groundwater to between 25 and 50 cm below the surface, emissions dropped sharply.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2026
These higher levels could see 2 to 5cm and it's expected that a few locations above 300m may see as much as 10 cm.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Scientists believe hydrogen atoms emitted very faint radio waves with a wavelength of 21 cm.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
The drill bit is 1 cm wide, the holes will be 0.5 cm apart, and the length of the total cut is 11.4 m.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
In order for charge to be conserved overall, the nucleus must gain a positive charge, increasing its atomic number by 1, resulting in 241 Cm.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Tyrion waddled to the sideboard Cm a cop of wine.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
What is evident, therefore, is that an animal's capacity for increasing latent heat loss must evolve together with its Ḣb and Cm in response to specific environmental demands.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
Iowa silent reading tests, new edition; advanced test manual of directions for forms Am, Bm, Cm and Dm.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1970 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Then from similarity Ct : Tt : : Cm : Mm but Tt : Mm : : Moon’s mass : Earth’s mass.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
CM: I feel like the stylist always becomes the creative director.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Chad McComic, who owns CM Farms in West Point, Miss., said sales were a bit better this year than last, but not as good as they were in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Other advice given by some creators include tips on how to deceive audiences, by having their page impersonate other entities to build audiences and become eligible for Meta's CM program.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
"Understanding heart regeneration on a molecular level is an important step towards developing innovative therapeutics that can facilitate CM regeneration," said the team in their lay summary.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
It just took this long to build up CM for a bomb-type reaction.
From Day of the Moron by H. Beam Piper
She was armed with two 26 c.m. twenty-eight-ton Armstrong guns; six 15 c.m. five-ton Krupps; besides machine guns—a heavy armament for a ship of something under four thousand tons, I estimated.
From In the Yellow Sea by Henry Frith
The forehead is non receding and the breath measures 9 c.m.
From A New Hochelagan Burying-ground Discovered at Westmount on the Western Spur of Mount Royal, Montreal, July-September, 1898 by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
An illumination of 15 c.m. was established on one side and an illumination of 0 on the other side, in order to ascertain whether the mice would choose the brighter box.
From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes
The movement of an ordinary telephone diaphragm for a barely audible sound is, measured at the centre, about 10-6 of a c.m.
From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Marcus J. Martin
June 6th.—The enemy opened a harassing fire on Battalion headquarters with 77 m.m. guns and 10.5 c.m. howitzers, firing with occasional short intervals until 3 p.m.
From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts
As early as 1753, someone known only by his initials, C.M., had proposed in the Scots Magazine that electricity could be used to send messages down a wire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
In addition to crime fiction, I’m devouring the just-published “Cooler Than Cool,” C.M.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
And that fruit ultimately wowed a man named C.M.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
Given that the roving, DIY exhibit and concert venue was founded in 2015 by local artist C.M.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
C.M. and his lordship went together to Regal Café, Regal Street.
From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn
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