Meaning & use
Centiliter
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A metric unit of liquid volume equal to one hundredth of a liter.
See it in a sentence
The recipe calls for fifty centiliters of milk.
The small bottle held just ten centiliters of perfume.
A note on using this word
Rarely used in everyday measurement compared to milliliters or liters, but appears in scientific and some European contexts; spelled 'centilitre' in British English.
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