Associations to the word «Centimetre»

Wiktionary

CENTIMETRE, noun. (British) (Canada) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres.

Dictionary definition

CENTIMETRE, noun. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats