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Cm

noun
1.
A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.  Synonyms: centimeter, centimetre.
2.
A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei.  Synonyms: atomic number 96, curium.






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"Cm" Quotes from Famous Books



... SOLIPEDS.—The large round-worms or ascarides and the sclerostomes are the most injurious intestinal parasites of solipeds. The A. megalocephala or large round-worm is from 5 to 15 inches (12 to 35 cm.) long. It may be present in the double colon in such large numbers as to form an entangled mass that completely fills a portion of the loop in which it is lodged. It may interfere with digestion by obstructing the passage of alimentary matter, ...
— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

... woods in great abundance from early Spring to Winter. Aethalium 3-6 or sometimes many centimeters in extent and 1-2 cm. in thickness. The common cortex and the hypothallus are a millimeter or more in thickness; they are composed of successive layers of thin plates of membrane coated ...
— The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio • A. P. Morgan

... pasted on to the under side of a narrow strip of glass which is placed on top of the paper cell. The apparatus in which the exposures are made consists of a box a little over a meter in length, closed at the top by a board, in which is a circular aperture 15'8 cm. in diameter. Over this board may be placed a cover, in the center of which is a hole 0.05 cm. in diameter, which therefore lets through 0.00001 as much light as the full aperture. The silver chloride is placed ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 • Various

... the book are approx. 13-1/2 cm. by 9 cm., so each line contains 8-9 words on average. This means that the layout of the following text does not usually match that ...
— A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies - A Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses • Unknown

... is 50 cm. in circumference and 10 cm. deep. It is driven by a 220-volt motor connected to a tachometer which reads both meters per second and revolutions per minute. A maximum peripheral speed of 20 m. per sec. ...
— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 • Herbert M. Wilson



Words linked to "Cm" :   metric linear unit, millimetre, curium, metal, decimetre, centimetre, mm, metallic element, dm, millimeter, decimeter



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