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cm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cm has 2 senses
- cm(n = noun.quantity) centimeter, centimetre - a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter; Array is a kind of metric linear unit
- cm(n = noun.substance) atomic number 96, curium - a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei; Array is a kind of metal, metallic element
has parts: millimeter, millimetre, mm
is a part of decimeter, decimetre, dm
CIDE DICTIONARY
cm,
the abbreviation for centimeter. [PJC]
cm,
the chemical symbol for the element curium. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cm, abbr. Member of the Order of Canada.
cm, symb. Chem. the element curium.
cm, abbr. centimetre(s).
ROGET THESAURUS
cm
Length
N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.
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