They were working to a tolerance of 0.0001 of a centimetre.
If the auger is operated slowly, we could take out as little as a cubic centimetre of material at a time.
With cooling, the cells can manage an output of 70 watts a square centimetre—a record, according to IBM, and a demonstration that plumbing, too, can be a high-tech form of engineering.
centimetre-gram-second electrostatic system
Jupiter's moon Io, whose density is 3.5 grams per cubic centimetre, is all rock.
These interact strongly with matter and so can travel just a centimetre or so in air before being halted in their tracks.
"One newton is equal to a force of 100,000 dynes in the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system, or a force of about 0.2248 lb in the foot-pound-second (English or U.S.) system. It is named for Isaac Newton, whose second law of motion describes the changes a force can produce in the motion of a body. "
Tell the stevedores just to keep a 30-centimetre space apart from the bulkheads and leave a 35-centimetre crossway in the middle.
As a result, photovoltaic cells placed near hot objects have only been able to generate around 0.02 watts per square centimetre.
A centimetre can be infinitely divided into smaller units.
The satellite will be able to measure the thickness of Arctic and Antarctic ice to within a centimetre - an accuracy unmatched until now.
The volume of this container be 24 cubic centimetre .
The rescue workers in Jiujiang city had made a 20-centimetre-long hole in the wall but were only able to reach the child's hand, who was 1.2 metres further down inside the gap.
Then gently slide a piece of card with a centimetre grid drawn on it beneath the container, allowing the spider to walk on to it - in its own time.
centimetre gramme second
They are currently half a centimetre in length - the same size as kidneys found in an unborn baby.
These days searching for a number in a five centimetre thick telephone directory seems very old fashioned.