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c, C [siː] n pl c's, C's, Cs 1. (Linguistics) the third letter and second consonant of the modern English alphabet 2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) 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 c symbol for 1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) centi- 2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) cubic 3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) cycle 4. (Mathematics) Maths constant 5. (Physics / General Physics) specific heat capacity 6. (Physics / General Physics) the speed of light and other types of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum 7. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess See algebraic notation C symbol for 1. (Music, other) 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 [2] common time 2. (Chemistry) Chem carbon 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) Biochem cytosine 4. (Physics / General Physics) capacitance 5. (Physics / General Physics) heat capacity 6. cold (water) 7. (Physics / General Physics) Physics compliance 8. (Physics / General Physics) Celsius 9. (Physics / General Physics) centigrade 10. (Historical Terms) century C20 11. (Physics / General Physics) coulomb 12. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the Roman numeral for 100 See Roman numerals (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) international car registration for Cuba n (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) 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 C, c (si) n., pl. Cs C's, cs c's for 1-4. 1. the third letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like a C. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter C or c. C 1. Gram. complement. 2. consonant. 3. coulomb. 4. county (used with a number to designate a county road): C55. C Symbol. 1. the third in order or in a series. 2. (sometimes l.c.) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark indicating fair or average quality. 3. a. the tonic note of the C major scale. b. a tonality having C as the tonic. c. a written or printed note representing this tone. d. (in the fixed system of solmization) the first tone of the scale of C major, called do. e. the tonality having C as the tonic note. f. a symbol indicating quadruple time and appearing after the clef sign on a musical staff. 4. (sometimes l.c.) the Roman numeral for 100. 5. a powerful high-level computer programming language suitable for creating operating systems and complex applications. 6. Celsius. 7. centigrade. 8. capacitance. 9. carbon. 10. a. cysteine. b. cytosine. 11. Also, C-note. Slang. a hundred-dollar bill. c 1. Optics. candle. 2. (with a year) about: c1775. [< Latin circā, circiter, circum] 3. curie. 4. cycle. c 1. the velocity of light in a vacuum: approximately 186,000 miles per second or 299,793 km per second. 2. the velocity of sound. C. 1. Calorie. 2. Cape. 3. Catholic. 4. College. 5. colon. 6. Congress. 7. Conservative. c. 1. calorie. 2. Optics. candle. 3. carat. 4. Baseball. catcher. 5. cent. 6. centavo. 7. Football. center. 8. centigrade. 9. centime. 10. centimeter. 11. century. 12. chapter. 13. (with a year) about: c. 1775. [< Latin circā] 14. cognate. 15. copyright. 16. cubic. 17. cycle. C + +,n. a high-level computer programming language, a descendant of C, with the ability to manipulate object-oriented features.
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Translations C1 c1 [siː] N C2 ABBR 1. (Literat) =chapter → cap., c., c/ 2. (Geog) =Cape 3. =Celsius, Centigrade → C 4. (Pol) =Conservative c2 ABBR 1. (US) (Fin) =cent → c 2. =century → S. 3. =circa (= about) → h. 4. (Math) =cubic C c [ˈsiː] n (= letter) → C, c m C for Charlie → C comme Célestin (= mark) → C (= musical note) → do m C [ˈsiː] abbr (=Celsius, centigrade) → C C, c → C, c nt; C sharp → Cis nt, → cis nt; C flat → Ces nt, → ces nt ? also major, minor, natural C abbr of centigrade → C c abbr of cent → c, ct abbr of circa → ca C c [siː] n b. (Mus) → do m inv c. (Scol) (mark) → 6 (sufficiente) C abbr =Celsius, centigrade → C Celsius or centigrade. 20C (= twenty degrees Celsius/centigrade). Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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