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Noun: cm
  1. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
    "The child had grown 5 cms since last year";
    - centimeter [US], centimetre [Brit, Cdn]
Noun: Cm
  1. A radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
    - curium, atomic number 96

Derived forms: cms

Type of: metal, metallic element, metric linear unit

Part of: decimeter [US], decimetre [Brit, Cdn], dm

Encyclopedia: Cm