| 词汇 | centimetre |
| 释义 | centimetre noun[ C ] UK(UScentimeter)uk /ˈsen.tɪˌmiː.tər/ us /ˈsen.t̬əˌmiː.t̬ɚ/(written abbreviationcm) A2 a unit of length equal to 0.01 of a metre厘米，公分 The shelves are three centimetres thick. There is a ten centimetre gap between the table and the wall. I need the measurements for the curtains in centimetres. Measurements of length & distance breadth decimetre fathom ft in km length linear micron mile mm mpg nautical mile scalar sq. square thick width yard yardage It was not until Thursday night, however, that the Germans brought their famous forty-two- centimetre guns into action. Several species are common growing upon the bottom of ponds and slow streams, and range in size from a few centimetres to a metre or more in height. She had had in her body one wound of ten centimetres in size. The sterile branches grow to a height of forty to fifty centimetres, and from their bushy form the popular name of the plant, "horse-tail," is taken. They vary from a few centimetres to half a metre in height. centimetre | Business Englishcentimetre noun[ C ] UK(UScentimeter)uk /ˈsentɪˌmiːtər/us(abbreviationcm) MEASURES a unit of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to 0.01 metres or 0.3937 inches: Bangkok is sinking at the rate of up to five centimetres (two inches) a year, and the entire city may be below sea level by 2050. The newspaper has increased the amount it charges per square centimetre of advertising space by 16%. Examples of centimetrecentimetre The dormant, non-dormant, dead, living and total seed densities per m2 by centimetre of depth were significantly different among the nine populations tested. Second, the rectal volume expressed in cubic centimetres was recorded. Magnetic fields do not penetrate more than a few centimetres below the surface of the skull, and thus not all brain areas are accessible. Locally, the gabbro contains centimetre- to metre-thick layers of fine-grained anorthosite and troctolite. These generally reach only a few centimetres in height and grew as isolated or laterally interconnected colonies. The displacement on the measured fault planes was generally in the centimetre to decimetre range. They vary from centimetre-scale layers interbanded with concordant amphibolite through to metre-wide, homogeneous, regularly foliated layers. It is generally well banded on a millimetre to centimetre scale as defined by the variation from plagioclase to pyroxene-garnet-rich layers. Footwall turbidites are generally unaffected except for localized cataclasis and veining within a few centimetres of the actual fault. Weakly oriented phacoid-shaped tectonic slivers of country rock within the fault zone are in the centimetre to decimetre scale. These are tubes of fused sand particles found in sand or other loose sediments, a few centimetres across and up to many metres long. The limestone beds are light bluish grey, nodular to continuous and generally some 3-5 centimetres in thickness. Several centimetres of wave-rippled sandstone with shale clasts cap most channellized sandstones. Sedimentary structures were rarely observed except for some slump-structures, centimetre-sized ripples and bioturbation. Beds of dark grey, centimetre-bedded very fine sandstone and siltstone occur in units a few tens of centimetres thick. See all examples of centimetre These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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