Cen-tim'e-ter or Cĕn'ti-mē'ter or Centim'ētre, n.

(sōn'ti-mā'tr), n. [Fr. centimètre, from centum, hundred, and metrum, Gr. μέτρον, measure. Cf. Lat. centimeter, he who employs a hundred or very many metres.] A measure of length, being the hundredth part of a meter, or rather more than thirty nine one hundredths of an inch English measure.