C, c^*si(n.)(pl.)Cs; C's, cs; c's

1. the third letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

   Category: Language/Linguistics

2. any spoken sound represented by this letter.

   Category: Language/Linguistics

3. something shaped like aC.

4. a written or printed representation of the letter C or

   c.

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C

1. Gram. complement.

   Category: Education, Grammar

2. consonant.

   Category: Phonetics

3. coulomb.

   Category: Physics

4. county (used with a number to designate a county road):

   C55.

C^*

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.

   Category: Education

3. the tonic note of the C major scale. a tonality having C as the tonic. a written or printed note representing this tone. (in the fixed system of solmization) the first tone of the scale of C major, called the tonality having C as the tonic note. a symbol indicating quadruple time and appearing after the clef sign on a musical staff.

   do.

   Category: Music and Dance

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.

   Category: Computers

6. Celsius.

   Category: Physics

7. centigrade.

   Category: Physics

8. capacitance.

   Category: Electricity and Magnetism

9. carbon.

   Category: Chemistry

10. cysteine. cytosine.

11. Ref: Also, C-note.

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c

1. Optics. candle.

   Category: Optics

2. (with a year) about: c1775.

3. curie.

4. cycle.

Origin of c:

< L circā, circiter, circum

c

1. the velocity of light in a vacuum: approximately 186,000 miles per second or 299,793 km per second.

   Category: Optics, Physics

2. the velocity of sound.

   Category: Physics

C.

1. Calorie.

   Category: Thermodynamics

2. Cape.

   Category: Geography (places)

3. Catholic.

   Category: Religion

4. College.

   Category: Education

5. colon.

   Category: Numismatics

6. Congress.

   Category: Government

7. Conservative.

   Category: Government

c.

1. calorie.

   Category: Thermodynamics

2. Optics. candle.

   Category: Optics

3. carat.

   Category: Jewelry

4. Baseball. catcher.

   Category: Sport

5. cent.

   Category: Numismatics

6. centavo.

   Category: Numismatics

7. Football. center.

   Category: Sport

8. centigrade.

   Category: Physics

9. centime.

   Category: Numismatics

10. centimeter.

    Category: Weights and Measures

11. century.

12. chapter.

13. (with a year) about: c. 1775.

14. cognate.

    Category: Language/Linguistics

15. copyright.

16. cubic.

    Category: Weights and Measures

17. cycle.

    Category: Electricity and Magnetism

Origin of c.:

< L circā