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Decimeter

Alt. of Decimetre

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Centimeter 70% connected

Alt. of Centimetre

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Centimetre 70% connected

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.

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M 70% connected

As a numeral, M stands for one thousand, both in English and Latin.

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Meter 70% connected

One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

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Metre 70% connected

Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syl…

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Decimetre 92% connected

A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

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