Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CEN-TIM'E-TER
CEN-TIM'E-TER, n. [L. centum, a hundred, and Gr. μετρον, measure.]
In French measure, the hundredth part of a meter, rather more than 39/100 of an inch, English measure. – Christ. Obs. x. 192.
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