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How to use centimeter in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Centimeter means (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre. Example: “Iron has a density of 7.8 grams per cubic centimeter: its dimensionless relative density is 7.8.”

More sentences with centimeter

  • Iron has a density of 7.8 grams per cubic centimeter: its dimensionless relative density is 7.8.From the entry dimensionless
  • Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.From the entry brussels sprout
  • They crawl about 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) to their mother's pouch.2015, Rebecca E. Hirsch, “The Life Cycle of Siberian Tigers”, in Siberian Tigers: Camouflaged Hunting Mammals (Comparing Animal Traits)…. From the entry imp
  • He looks to have swelled out his chest a few centimeters and deepened his voice.2014, Richard Ford, Let Me Be Frank With You, New York, N.Y.: Ecco, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry peakèd
  • Cresties grow to be around 8 inches (20 centimeters) long, with their tails accounting for almost half of that body length.2021 January 5, Mark Mancini, “The Cute Crested Gecko, Once Thought Extinct, Is Now Bred by the Thousands”, in HowStuffWorks, archived…. From the entry crestie
  • Stand the meterstick upright on the table (or floor) so that the 0-centimeter end is against the tabletop (or floor).2011, Kevin D. Finson, Christine K. Ormsbee, Mary M. Jensen, Differentiating Science Instruction and Assessment for Learners With Special…. From the entry meterstick
  • Dasi township in the suburban Xiqing district was the worst-affected area, receiving 34.5 centimeters of rain, according to the Tianjin Meteorological Bureau.2012 July 27, “Tianjin hit with heavy rainfall”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2012. From the entry Dasi
  • The passing front also caused heavy rainfall in Kaohsiung, where the road in Ziguan District was flooded, with the water reaching a depth of up to 60 centimeters.2024 May 28, Kuan Ruei-ping, Chang Hsiung-feng, Chang Yi-lian, Evelyn Yang, “Heavy rain advisories issued for central, southern Taiwan”…. From the entry Ziguan
  • It takes mammals about 12 seconds to pass a stool, with humans accomplishing the task at a rate of one to two centimeters of faeces per second.2018, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Guardian. From the entry pass a stool
  • Exposure of spectral pieces at centimeters, millimeters, and infrareds, which provide a top steadiness of the dependence "MCW radiation vs. parameter Δt" and its interannual (seasonal) dynamics.2009, Alexander Grankov, Microwave Radiation of the Ocean-Atmosphere: Boundary Heat and Dynamic Interaction. From the entry infrared
  • At Environment Canada, senior climatologist David Phillips′ standard for a white Christmas calls for at least two centimeters of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. . . .2008 December 18, David Bruser, “Thanks to more storms, Christmas may be white”, in Toronto Star, page A2. From the entry white Christmas
  • The smallest piece in the show, an Eskimo finger mask only a few centimeters high, was displayed next to a Dogon mask over five meters tall.2007, Tribal Art - Volume 12, Issues 1-2, page 108. From the entry finger mask
  • When Leonard finally hauls up a cod of seventy-five centimeters, probably seven years old, a typical catch ten years ago, they all joke, "Oh my God, get the gaff!"1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World. From the entry gaff
  • There is no fæcal material present in the proximal two-thirds but in the clubbed tip there is a fæcalith of a hard and pasty consistency, 1 centimeter by 3 millimeters.1920, Studies from the Laboratories of the Department of Surgery, page 87. From the entry fæcalith

Meaning of centimeter

  1. noun (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre.

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Questions about centimeter in a sentence

How do you use centimeter in a sentence?
Centimeter is used as a noun. For example: “Iron has a density of 7.8 grams per cubic centimeter: its dimensionless relative density is 7.8.”
What is a short sentence with centimeter?
“They crawl about 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) to their mother's pouch.”
What does centimeter mean?
Centimeter means (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre.

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