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centimeter-gram-second — [sen′tə mēt΄ərgram′sek′ənd, sän′tə mēt΄ərgram′sek′ənd] adj. designating or of a system of measurement in which the centimeter, gram, and second are the units of length, mass, and time, respectively: abbrev. CGS: see the table of weights and… … English World dictionary
Centimeter — Cen ti*me ter, Centimetre Cen ti*me tre, n. [F. centim[ e]tre; centi (L. centum) + m[ e]tre. See {Meter}.] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See {Meter}. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Centimĕter — (lat.), Gedicht, das aus 100 Versarten besteht, z.B. das Lehrgedicht des Terentianus Maurus De literis, syllabis pedibus ac metris … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
centimeter-gram-second — or chiefly Brit centimetre gram second also centimetre gramme second adj CGS … Medical dictionary
centimeter — 1801, from Fr. centimètre (18c.), coined from L. centum hundred (see HUNDRED (Cf. hundred)) + Fr. mètre (see METER (Cf. meter) (n.2)) … Etymology dictionary
centimeter — [sen′tə mēt΄ər, sän′tə ēt΄ər] n. [Fr centimètre: see CENTI & METER1] one hundredth of a meter (0.3937 inch): abbrev. cm: Brit. sp. centimetre … English World dictionary
céntiméter — tra m (ẹ̑ ẹ̄) 1. dolžinska mera, stotina metra: nekaj centimetrov oddaljen; pet centimetrov [5 cm] dolga rana / kubični, kvadratni centimeter / ekspr. tudi za centimeter se ni premaknil prav nič 2. trak za merjenje z označenimi centimetri, dolg … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
centimeter — (cm) 1. the basic unit of distance in the CGS version of the metric system, equal to 0.01 meter. One centimeter is about 0.393 700 787 inch. 2. an obsolete name for the statfarad (approximately 1.11 picofarad), the CGS electrostatic unit of … Dictionary of units of measurement
Centimeter (cm) — A unit of measure in the metric system which is 1/100 th of a meter. There are 2.54 centimeters (cms) in one inch. The centimeter is commonly used in medicine to state the size of objects or distance between points. It may seem senseless to… … Medical dictionary
centimeter-gram-second — adjective : of, relating to, or being a system of units based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the mean solar second as the unit of time abbr. cgs * * * /sen teuh mee teuhr gram sek euhnd/, adj. of or… … Useful english dictionary
centimeter-gram-second — adjective Date: 1875 of, relating to, or being a system of units based on the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time abbreviation cgs … New Collegiate Dictionary
