Explore Centimetres through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Centimetres meaning
plural of centimetre
Using Centimetres
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of centimetre
- In the example corpus, centimetres often appears in combinations such as: centimetres of, to centimetres, centimetres in.
Context around Centimetres
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Centimetres
- In this selection, "centimetres" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, four, 100, few, across, long and per stand out and add context to how "centimetres" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 5 centimetres in diameter and 1 7 centimetres when hatched. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "centimetres" sits close to words such as achievable, admin and afflicted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with centimetres
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is approximately 5 feet 7 inches (170 centimetres) tall. (10 words)
His height is approximately 6 feet 1 inch (185 centimetres). (10 words)
In some areas heavy snow fell overnight totalling 20 to 30 centimetres. (12 words)
During the first phase of the program, light yard trimmings include twigs, leaves, and small branches that are less than 1.5 centimetres in diameter and no longer than 60cm are allowed to be composted, and the organics cart must be able to fully close. (45 words)
Environment Canada says a winter storm will dump five to 10 centimetres of snow or ice pellets on some inland areas of Nova Scotia starting Thursday night, while up to 10 millimetres of rain is forecast along the Atlantic coast. (40 words)
After wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods in parts of Delhi close to it, the on Saturday, July 15 morning followed a downward trend, albeit at a slow pace of a few centimetres per hour. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The storm will also hit the Kootenays, with total snowfall accumulation of 15 to 25 centimetres across southeast B.C. For Kootenay Pass, amounts up to 40 centimetres are possible.
Located under 30 centimetres of wash under about 15 centimetres of clay was the whopping gold nugget, which has since been named You Wouldn't Believe It.
While measuring 1.7 centimetres when hatched, the baby dragons are now already 12 centimetres long, so they will soon be transferred to larger aquariums.
He says that the tower straightened by 41 centimetres (16 inches) until 2001, and another four centimetres since then.
Moreover, Jakarta is sinking about 5 to 10 centimetres each year, even up to 20 centimetres in the northern coastal areas.
To convert from metres to centimetres it is only necessary to multiply the number of metres by 100, since there are 100 centimetres in a metre.
After wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods in parts of Delhi close to it, the on Saturday, July 15 morning followed a downward trend, albeit at a slow pace of a few centimetres per hour.
Although the exact track is still uncertain, Montreal could see another 10 to 12 centimetres, which will make for a difficult drive to start out the next work week.
At a later press conference, he showed drawings of the kitchen knife, we he said was 17 centimetres (6.7 inches) long.
Between one and three centimetres of snow is forecast to fall across the country but weather forecasters do not expect it to stay around for long when it first hits in Zeeland.
Depending on the species, butterflies can range from one to 30 centimetres (cm) in size.
Duncan motivated the guys across the second gully, before finding a path – usually two metres wide – that was a mere 30 centimetres in width due to the extreme level of snow.
During the first phase of the program, light yard trimmings include twigs, leaves, and small branches that are less than 1.5 centimetres in diameter and no longer than 60cm are allowed to be composted, and the organics cart must be able to fully close.
Environment Canada says a winter storm will dump five to 10 centimetres of snow or ice pellets on some inland areas of Nova Scotia starting Thursday night, while up to 10 millimetres of rain is forecast along the Atlantic coast.
He is approximately 5 feet 7 inches (170 centimetres) tall.
His height is approximately 6 feet 1 inch (185 centimetres).
In Edmonton, less than four centimetres has fallen this month, most of which has already melted, and no snow was recorded at all in the city in November.
In January 2022, after a blizzard dropped nearly 50 centimetres of snow on the city, officials declared a major snowstorm condition.
In some areas heavy snow fell overnight totalling 20 to 30 centimetres.
It works at low frequencies and enables wireless charging over distances up to 20 centimetres and angular deviations up to 60 degrees.
Common combinations with centimetres
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- centimetres of 47×
- to centimetres 37×
- centimetres in 14×
- few centimetres 13×
- about centimetres 12×
- centimetres tall 9×
- centimetres long 8×
- of centimetres 8×
- five centimetres 7×
- several centimetres 7×