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C

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Noun

1. c, degree celsius, degree centigrade

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

2. c, light speed, speed of light

the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second

3. ascorbic acid, c, vitamin c

a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

4. c, deoxycytidine monophosphate

one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

5. c, cytosine

a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

6. atomic number 6, c, carbon

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

7. 100, c, century, hundred, one c

ten 10s

8. ampere-second, c, coulomb

a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

9. c

a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system

10. c

(music) the keynote of the scale of C major

11. c

the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet

12. blow, c, coke, nose candy, snow

street names for cocaine

Adjective

13. 100, c, hundred, one hundred

being ten more than ninety

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

C

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nounWord forms: plural c's, C's or Cs
1. 
the third letter and second consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiceless alveolar fricative, as in cigar, or a voiceless velar stop, as in case
3. 
the third in a series, esp the third highest grade in an examination
4. 
a. 
something shaped like a C
b. 
(in combination)
a C-spring
symbol for
1. 
centi-
2. 
cubic
3. 
cycle
4. mathematics
constant
5. 
specific heat capacity
6. 
the speed of light and other types of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum
7. chess algebraic notation
symbol for
1. music
a. 
a note having a frequency of 261.63 hertz (middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the first degree of a major scale containing no sharps or flats (C major)
b. 
a key, string, or pipe producing this note
c. 
the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
d. 
a time signature denoting four crotchet beats to the bar
See also alla breve (sense 2), common time
2. chemistry
carbon
3. biochemistry
cytosine
4. 
capacitance
5. 
heat capacity
6. 
cold (water)
7. physics
compliance
8. 
Celsius
9. 
centigrade
10. 
century
C20
11. 
coulomb
12. (Roman numeral)
100
Roman numerals
abbreviation for
13. 
Cuba (international car registration)
noun
14. 
a computer programming language combining the advantages of a high-level language with the ability to address the computer at a level comparable with that of an assembly language
abbreviation for
1. 
carat
2. cricket
caught
3. 
cent(s)
4. 
century or centuries
5. 
(used esp preceding a date) circa
c. 1800
abbreviation for
1. 
(on maps as part of name) Cape
2. 
Catholic
3. 
Celtic
4. 
Conservative
5. 
Corps

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

C

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noun
1. 
a Roman numeral for 100: with a superior bar (57466), 100,000
2.  US, Education
a grade indicating average work
a C in biology
3.  Music
a. 
the first tone or note in the scale of C major
b. 
a key, string, etc. producing this tone
c. 
the scale having this tone as the keynote
d. 
the sign for 4/4 time
4. 
a high-level computer programming language
adjective
5. 
average in quality
1. 
candle
2.  Electricity
capacitance
3. 
Cape
4. 
carat(s)
5.  Baseball
catcher
6. 
cathode
7. 
Catholic
8. 
Celsius (or centigrade)
9. 
cent(s)
10. 
centavo(s)
11.  Sport
center
12. 
centesimo(s)
13. 
centime(s)
14. 
centimeter(s)
15. 
centimo(s)
16. 
Central
17. 
century
18. 
chapter
19. 
child; children
20. 
circa
21. 
cold (on water faucets)
22. 
College
23. 
Congress
24. 
Conservative
25.  Ancient Mathematics
constant
26. 
contralto
27. 
copyright
28. 
coulomb
29. 
cup(s)
30. 
curie
31. 
cycle(s)
32. 
cytosine
33.  Physics
heat capacity
34. 
hundredweight
carbon
nounWord forms: plural C's or c's
1. 
the third letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of cell or (k) of call
3. 
a type or impression of c or C
4. 
the third in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like C
adjective
6. 
of c or C
7. 
third in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like C
centi-
the speed of light in a vacuum
see also light1 (sense 1) light1 (sense 1a)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

C

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n.
A widely used programming language.
n. pl. c's or C's also cs or Cs
1. The third letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter c.
3. The third in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter C.
5. C The third best or third highest in quality or rank: a mark of C on a term paper.
6. Music
a. The first tone in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale.
b. A key or scale in which the tone of C is the tonic.
c. A written or printed note representing this tone.
d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
1. The symbol for carbon.
2. also c The symbol for the Roman numeral one hundred.
3. c The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.
4. The symbol for capacitance.
5. The symbol for charge conjugation.
abbr.
1. Physics candle
2. carat
3. charm quark
4. circumference
5. also C Mathematics constant
6. cubic
abbr.
1. cellphone number
2. Celsius
3. Sports center
4. centigrade
5. Physics charm
6. cold
7. consonant
8. coulomb
9. cytosine
n.
A widely used object-oriented programming language based on C.
abbr.
1. cape
2. Celtic
3. or c. century
4. chancellor
abbr.
1. capacity
2. cent
3. centavo
4. centime
5. centimo
6. chapter
7. circa
8. congius (gallon)
9. copy
10. copyright
11. cup

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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