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A centimeter (cm) was a unit oflength equal to 1/100th of a meter.
Lucille Harewood's height was given in centimeters on her medical status display at Royal Children's Hospital in an alternate reality2259. (Star Trek Into Darkness)
In 2373, Neelix told CaptainKathryn Janeway that he grew up near the Rinax marshlands where they had vicious lavaflies that grew to be six centimeters long. This contributed to insect repellent becoming a booming business. (VOY: "Macrocosm")
In 2374, Odo tricked Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir into believing that they were still "a couple of centimeters" shorter than normal after being shrunk and regrown again. (DS9: "One Little Ship")
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- One centimeter was a size described by Captain James T. Kirk as "less-than-fingernail length"; this was to be the size they reached while in orbit of Terra 10, in 2269. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident")