Quantitative Concept
centimeter
cen·ti·me·ter [ sen-tuh-mee-ter ]
Definitions related to centimeter:
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(cm) A basic unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter or approximately 0.393700787 inch.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A basic unit of length in the former CGS version of metric system, equal to one hundredth of a meter or approximately 0.393 700 787 inch.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A measure of length in the metric system. There are 100 centimeters in a meter and 2 1/2 centimeters in an inch.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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