1. a unit of length in the metric system equal to one hundredth of a meter

Examples

• The pencil is 15 centimeters long.
• She measured the width of the book in centimeters.
• A centimeter is about the width of your fingernail.
• The doctor said the cut was only two centimeters deep.
• Convert 50 centimeters to inches for the recipe.
• The ruler shows both inches and centimeters.