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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about three centimetres" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when providing an approximate measurement or size of an object.
Example: "The plant grew to about three centimetres in height over the course of a week."
Alternatives: "approximately three centimetres" or "roughly three centimetres".
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"Just about three centimetres now," she says.
North America, for example, is moving northwest at a rate of about three centimetres per year.
The young doctor held his index fingers about three centimetres apart.
When you have about three centimetres left of the strands, tie another knot at the bottom of the plait.
Take a cup, preferably plastic (not a cup used for tea), and pour in rose milk, leaving about three centimetres until the top.
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Bright orange, with three wide, blue-white bands circling the body, it grows to a length of about five centimetres (two inches).
Light from the Sun or from a light bulb comes in many tiny bursts lasting about a millionth of a millionth of a second and having a coherence length of about one centimetre.
"But I would have needed to measure about thirty centimetres more than I do".
About two centimetres of the powdered leaf sat in the base of the glass.
"You see this line?" the archeologist said, indicating a dark ribbon about ten centimetres in width.
The South American Strophocheilus lays one large egg about four centimetres (1.5 inches) long.
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