Cm Definition & Meaning

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cm 1 American Or cm

1. centimeter; centimeters.

Cm 2 American Symbol, Chemistry.

1. curium.

CM 3 American

abbreviation

1. Christian male.

2. Common Market

c/m 4 American

1. (of capital stocks) call of more.

c.m. 5 American

abbreviation

1. church missionary.

2. common meter.

3. corresponding member.

4. court-martial.

C.M. 6 American

abbreviation

Roman Catholic Church.

1. Congregation of the Mission.

Cm 1 British

symbol

1. curium

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abbreviation

1. Member of the Order of Canada

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abbreviation

1. Cameroon

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symbol

1. centimetre

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 cm Scientific

1. Abbreviation of centimeter

Example Sentences

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High-resolution 3D scans of the Erythrobatrachus skull indicate it measured about 40 cm long when complete and belonged to a large-bodied predator with a broad head.

From Science Daily

But when researchers raised the groundwater to between 25 and 50 cm below the surface, emissions dropped sharply.

From Science Daily

These higher levels could see 2 to 5cm and it's expected that a few locations above 300m may see as much as 10 cm.

From BBC

The device measures approximately 10 cm in diameter and 30 cm long and has a red anodised finish.

From BBC

Scientists believe hydrogen atoms emitted very faint radio waves with a wavelength of 21 cm.

From Science Daily

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