C

C ¹  (s)

n.

A programming language widely used for systems programming.

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C ²

1. The symbol for the element 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.

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c ¹ or C  (s)

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.

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c ²

abbr.

1. Physics candle

2. carat

3. charm quark

4. circumference

5. also C Mathematics constant

6. cubic

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c

1. centi-

2. Cricket caught

3. cubic

4. the speed of light in free space

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C

1. Music the first note of a major scale containing no sharps or flats ([C major])

2. Chem carbon

3. Celsius

4. centigrade

5. century: C20

6. coulomb

7. the Roman numeral for 100

8. a high-level computer programming language

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c

The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.

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C

1. The symbol for carbon.

2. Abbreviation of capacitance, capacitor, capacity, Celsius, charge conjugation, coulomb, cytosine

3. A programming language developed in 1972 and commonly used for writing professional software. With only a small number of built-in functions, it requires less memory than other languages, and because most if its functions are not specific to particular computers, it can be used on many different kinds of machines. The Unix operating system was written in C.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	C - a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature degree Celsius, degree centigrade degree - a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature" standard temperature - exactly zero degrees centigrade
	2.	c - 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 light speed, speed of light constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant" speed, velocity - distance travelled per unit time
	3.	C - a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy ascorbic acid, vitamin C antioxidant - substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides water-soluble vitamin - any vitamin that is soluble in water
	4.	C - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) deoxycytidine monophosphate nucleotide, base - a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
	5.	C - a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine cytosine deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules" ribonucleic acid, RNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses" pyrimidine - any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine
	6.	C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds atomic number 6, carbon fullerene - a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter carbon 14, radiocarbon - a radioactive isotope of carbon char - a charred substance charcoal, wood coal - a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air carbon black, crock, lampblack, smut, soot - a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink activated carbon, activated charcoal - powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons black lead, graphite, plumbago - used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors coal - fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period adamant, diamond - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem limestone - a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals crude, crude oil, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil, oil - a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
	7.	C - ten 10s 100, hundred, one C, century large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
	8.	C - a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second ampere-second, coulomb charge unit, quantity unit - a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows) abcoulomb - a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs ampere-minute - a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs
	9.	C - a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system programing language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers
	10.	C - (music) the keynote of the scale of C major keynote, tonic - (music) the first note of a diatonic scale music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
	11.	c - the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
	12.	C - street names for cocaine nose candy, coke, snow, blow cocain, cocaine - a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
Adj.	1.	c - being ten more than ninety 100, hundred, one hundred cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

C, c [siː] n (letter) → C, c f;

(MUS): C → do m;

C for Charlie → C de Carmen

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C abbr (= Celsius) (= centigrade) → C

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c abbr (= century) → S. (= circa) → hacia;

(US etc) = cent(s)

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C¹, c¹ [siː] n (= letter) → C, c m;

(Scol) (= mark); C;

(Mus);

C → do m;

C for Charlie → C comme Célestin

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C² abbr (= Celsius, centigrade) → C

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c² abbr (= century) → s. (= circa) → v.;

(US etc) (= cent(s))

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C¹, c¹ [siː] n (letter) → C nt, c nt;

(Scol) → Drei f, Befriedigend nt;

C for Charlie → C wie Cäsar

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C² [siː] n (Mus) → C nt, c nt

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c² abbr = century (= circa) → ca.;

(US etc) (= cent(s)) → Cent

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C, c [siː] n (letter) → C, c f or m inv;

(SCOL) (mark) → 6 (sufficiente);

(MUS): C → do;

C for Charlie → C come Como

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C abbr (= Celsius) (= centigrade) → C