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Centiliter

Centiliter \Cen"ti*li`ter\, Centilitre \Cen"ti*li`tre\, n. [F. centilitre; centi (L. centum) + litre. See Liter.] The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
centiliter

also centilitre, 1801, from French centilitre; see centi- + liter.

Wiktionary
centiliter

n. (context US English) (alternative spelling of centilitre English)

WordNet
centiliter

n. a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter [syn: centilitre, cl]

Usage examples of "centiliter".

I believe that a centiliter of the essence costs about half a million credits on the open market You just got dosed by five times that.

The blood test, analyzed at speed because of the bang on my head, had revealed a level of 290 milligrams of alcohol per centiliter of blood, which, I had been assured, meant that I had drunk the equivalent of at least half a bottle of spirits during the preceding few hours.

Ran used at times, and it cost more per centiliter than I made in a month.

The bottle was a seventy-centiliter bottle and there were seventy centiliters of liquid inside.

This water was carried to the seed by a slow capillary process, a few centiliters each minute reaching the core.