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1. (noun) degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

2. (noun) speed of light, light speed, 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

3. (noun) vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid
a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

4. (noun) deoxycytidine monophosphate, C
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

5. (noun) cytosine, C
a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

6. (noun) carbon, C, atomic number 6
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

7. (noun) hundred, 100, C, century, one C
ten 10s

8. (noun) coulomb, C, ampere-second
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

9. (noun) C
a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system

10. (noun) C
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major

11. (noun) C, c
the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet

12. (adj) coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C
street names for cocaine

13. (adj) hundred, one hundred, 100, c
being ten more than ninety

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