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C, c

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–noun, plural C's or Cs, c's or cs.
1. the third letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter C or c, as in cat, race, or circle.
3. something having the shape of a C.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter C or c.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter C or c.

C

 
1. cocaine.
2. Grammar. complement.
3. consonant.
4. coulomb.
5. county (used with a number to designate a county road): C55.

C

 
Symbol.
1. the third in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work as fair or average.
3. Music.
a. the first tone, or keynote, in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
b. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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 lowercase) the Roman numeral for 100.
5. Celsius.
6. centigrade.
7. Electricity.
a. capacitance.
b. a battery size for 1.5 volt dry cells: diameter, 1 in. (2.5 cm); length, 1.9 in. (4.8 cm).
8. Chemistry. carbon.
9. Physics.
a. charge conjugation.
b. charm 1 (def. 9).
10. Biochemistry.
a. cysteine.
b. cytosine.
11. Also, C-note. Slang. a hundred-dollar bill.
12. a proportional shoe width size, narrower than D and wider than B.
13. a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than D and larger than B.
14. the lowest quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond.
15. Computers. a high-level programming language: very powerful and flexible, it is used in a wide variety of applications.

c

 
1. calorie.
2. Optics. candle; candles.
3. (with a year) about: c1775. Origin:
< L circā, circiter, circum
4. Physics, Chemistry. curie; curies.
5. cycle; cycles.

c

 
Symbol.
1. Optics, Physics. the velocity of light in a vacuum: approximately 186,000 miles per second or 299,793 kilometers per second.
2. Acoustics, Physics. the velocity of sound.

c̄

 
(in prescriptions) with.
Origin:
< L cum

C.

 
1. Calorie.
2. Cape.
3. Catholic.
4. Celsius.
5. Celtic.
6. Centigrade.
7. College.
8. (in Costa Rica and El Salvador) colon; colons.
9. Congress.
10. Conservative.

C-

 
U.S. Military.
(in designations of transport aircraft) cargo: C-54; C-124.

c.

 
1. calorie.
2. Optics. candle; candles.
3. carat.
4. carbon.
5. carton.
6. case.
7. Baseball. catcher.
8. cathode.
9. cent; cents.
10. centavo.
11. Football. center.
12. centigrade.
13. centime.
14. centimeter.
15. century.
16. chairman; chairperson.
17. chapter.
18. chief.
19. child.
20. church.
21. (with a year) about: c. 1775. Origin:
< L circā, circiter, circum
22. cirrus.
23. city.
24. cloudy.
25. cognate.
26. color.
27. gallon. Origin:
< L congius
28. copper.
29. copyright.
30. corps.
31. cubic.
32. (in prescriptions) with. Origin:
< L cum
33. cycle; cycles.

Floyd

  [floid]
–noun
1. Carlisle (Sessions, Jr.), born 1926, U.S. composer, esp. of operas.
2. a male given name, form of Lloyd.
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c 1 or C   (sē)   
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
    1. The first tone in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale.
    2. A key or scale in which the tone of C is the tonic.
    3. A written or printed note representing this tone.
    4. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
c 2  
abbr.  
  1. Physics candle
  2. carat
  3. charm quark
  4. circumference
  5. also C Mathematics constant
  6. cubic
C 1   (sē)   
n.  A programming language widely used for systems programming.
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.
C 3  
abbr.  
  1. Celsius
  2. centigrade
  3. Physics charm
  4. cold
  5. consonant
  6. coulomb
  7. cytosine
can·dle   (kān'dl)   
n.  
    1. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
    2. Something resembling this object in shape or use.
    3. Abbr. c An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition and equal to 1.02 candelas. Also called international candle.
    4. See candela.
  2. Physics
    1. Abbr. c An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition and equal to 1.02 candelas. Also called international candle.
    2. See candela.
tr.v.   can·dled, can·dling, can·dles
To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.

[Middle English candel, from Old English and from Anglo-Norman candele, both from Latin candēla, from candēre, to shine; see kand- in Indo-European roots.]
can'dler n.
ca·pac·i·tance   (kə-pās'ĭ-təns)   
n.  
  1. Symbol C The ratio of charge to potential on an electrically charged, isolated conductor.
  2. Symbol C The ratio of the electric charge transferred from one to the other of a pair of conductors to the resulting potential difference between them.
    1. The property of a circuit element that permits it to store charge.
    2. The part of the circuit exhibiting capacitance.

[capacit(y) + -ance.]
ca·pac'i·tive (-tĭv) adj., ca·pac'i·tive·ly adv.
car·at   (kār'ət)   
n.   Abbr. c or car.
  1. A unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams.
  2. Variant of karat.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin quarātus, from Arabic qīrāṭ, weight of four grains, from Greek kerātion, a weight, diminutive of keras, kerāt-, horn; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
car·bon   (kär'bən)   
n.  
  1. Symbol C A naturally abundant nonmetallic element that occurs in many inorganic and in all organic compounds, exists freely as graphite and diamond and as a constituent of coal, limestone, and petroleum, and is capable of chemical self-bonding to form an enormous number of chemically, biologically, and commercially important molecules. Atomic number 6; atomic weight 12.011; sublimation point above 3,500°C; boiling point 4,827°C; specific gravity of amorphous carbon 1.8 to 2.1, of diamond 3.15 to 3.53, of graphite 1.9 to 2.3; valence 2, 3, 4. See Table at element.
    1. A sheet of carbon paper.
    2. A carbon copy.
    3. Either of two rods through which current flows to form an arc, as in lighting or welding.
    4. A carbonaceous electrode in an electric cell.
  3. Electricity
    1. Either of two rods through which current flows to form an arc, as in lighting or welding.
    2. A carbonaceous electrode in an electric cell.

[French carbone, from Latin carbō, carbōn-, a coal, charcoal; see ker-3 in Indo-European roots.]
car'bon·ous (-bə-nəs) adj.
Cel·si·us   (sěl'sē-əs, -shəs)   
adj.   Abbr. C
Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0° and the boiling point as 100° under normal atmospheric pressure. See Table at measurement.

[After Anders Celsius.]
cen·ti·grade   (sěn'tĭ-grād')   
adj.   Abbr. C or cent.
Celsius. See Table at measurement.

[French : centi-, centi- + grade, degree (from Italian grado, rank, degree, from Latin gradus, step; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots).]
charge conjugation  
n.   Symbol C
  1. A mathematical operator that changes the sign of the charge and of the magnetic moment of every particle in the system to which it is applied.
  2. The theoretical conversion of matter to antimatter or of antimatter to matter.
charm quark  
n.   Abbr. c
A quark with a charge of + 2/3 , a mass about 2,900 times that of the electron, and a charm of +1. See Table at subatomic particle.
cir·cum·fer·ence   (sər-kŭm'fər-əns)   
n.  
  1. The boundary line of a circle.
    1. The boundary line of a figure, area, or object.
    2. Abbr. c or circ. The length of such a boundary.

[Middle English, from Old French circonference, from Latin circumferentia, from circumferēns, circumferent-, present participle of circumferre, to carry around : circum-, circum- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
cir·cum'fer·en'tial (-fə-rěn'shəl) adj.
Synonyms: These nouns refer to a line around a closed figure or area: the circumference of the earth; followed the circuit around the park; stayed within the compass of the schoolyard; the perimeter of a rectangle; a fence around the periphery of the property.
cou·lomb   (kōō'lŏm', -lōm')   
n.   Abbr. C
The meter-kilogram-second unit of electrical charge equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second by a steady current of one ampere. See Table at measurement.
adj.   also cou·lom·bic (kōō-lŏm'bĭk, -lōm'-)
Of or relating to the Coulomb force.

[After Charles Augustin de Coulomb.]
cu·bic   (kyōō'bĭk)   
adj.  
    1. Having the shape of a cube.
    2. Shaped similar to a cube.
    3. Having three dimensions.
    4. Abbr. c or cu. Having a volume equal to a cube whose edge is of a stated length: a cubic foot.
    1. Having three dimensions.
    2. Abbr. c or cu. Having a volume equal to a cube whose edge is of a stated length: a cubic foot.
  3. Mathematics Of the third power, order, or degree.
  4. Of or relating to a crystalline form that has three equal axes at right angles to each other; isometric.
n.   Mathematics
A cubic expression, curve, or equation.
cu'bic·ly adv.
cy·to·sine   (sī'tə-sēn')   
n.   Abbr. C
A pyrimidine base, C4H5N3O, that is the constituent of DNA and RNA involved in base pairing with guanine.

[cyt(o)- + (rib)os(e) + -ine2.]
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C

C\ (s[=e]) 1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek [Gamma], [gamma], and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph[oe]nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.

Note: See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 221-228.

2. (Mus.) (a) The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same. (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written ?. (c) The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.

3. As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.

C spring, a spring in the form of the letter C.
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C

n.
1. The third letter of the English alphabet.
2. ASCII 1000011.
3. The name of a programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie during the early 1970s and immediately used to reimplement Unix; so called because many features derived from an earlier compiler named `B' in commemoration of _its_ parent, BCPL. (BCPL was in turn descended from an earlier Algol-derived language, CPL.) Before Bjarne Stroustrup settled the question by designing C++, there was a humorous debate over whether C's successor should be named `D' or `P'. C became immensely popular outside Bell Labs after about 1980 and is now the dominant language in systems and microcomputer applications programming. See also languages of choice, indent style.

C is often described, with a mixture of fondness and disdain varying according to the speaker, as "a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language".
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C

A Nasdaq stock symbol indicating the issuer has been granted a continuance in Nasdaq under an exception to the qualification standards for a limited period.

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Nasdaq-listed securities have four or five characters. If a fifth letter appears, it identifies the issue as other than a single issue of common stock or capital stock.

See also: Nasdaq, Stock Symbol

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c

  1. Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables of newspapers to indicate that the listed dividend is a liquidating dividend: City Inv 7.50c.
  2. Used in money market mutual fund transaction tables in newspapers to indicate funds that are chiefly or wholly exempt from federal income taxes: Fld Tax Exmpt c.

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Main Entry: c
Function: abbreviation
copyright
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Main Entry: c
Function: abbreviation
1 calorie
2 canine
3 cathode
4 centimeter
5 clonus
6 closure
7cobalt
8 coefficient
9 contact
10 contraction
11 coulomb
12 curie
13 cylinder
14 or {cmacr}[Latin cum] with —used in writing prescriptions

Main Entry: C
Function: abbreviation
1 Celsius
2 centigrade
3 cervical —used especially with a number from 1 to 7 to indicate a vertebra orsegment of the spinal cord
4 cocaine
5 complement
6 congius
7 cytosine

Main Entry: C
Function: symbol
carbon
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c abbr.

  1. blood capillary
  2. small calorie

C 1

The symbol for the element carbon.

C 2
abbr.

  1. Celsius
  2. centigrade
  3. coulomb
  4. cytosine
  5. large calorie

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c  
The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.
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.

carbon   (kär'bən)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol C
A naturally abundant, nonmetallic element that occurs in all organic compounds and can be found in all known forms of life. Diamonds and graphite are pure forms, and carbon is a major constituent of coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Carbon generally forms four covalent bonds with other atoms in larger molecules. Atomic number 6; atomic weight 12.011; sublimation point above 3,500°C; boiling point 4,827°C; specific gravity of amorphous carbon 1.8 to 2.1, of diamond 3.15 to 3.53, of graphite 1.9 to 2.3; valence 2, 3, 4. See Periodic Table.

carbonaceous adjective
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C language
A programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs ca. 1972 for systems programming on the PDP-11 and immediately used to reimplement Unix.
It was called "C" because many features derived from an earlier compiler named "B". In fact, C was briefly named "NB". B was itself strongly influenced by BCPL. Before Bjarne Stroustrup settled the question by designing C++, there was a humorous debate over whether C's successor should be named "D" or "P" (following B and C in "BCPL").
C is terse, low-level and permissive. It has a macro preprocessor, cpp.
Partly due to its distribution with Unix, C became immensely popular outside Bell Labs after about 1980 and is now the dominant language in systems and microcomputer applications programming. It has grown popular due to its simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility. C programs are often easily adapted to new environments.
C is often described, with a mixture of fondness and disdain, as "a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language".
Ritchie's original C, known as K&R C after Kernighan and Ritchie's book, has been standardised (and simultaneously modified) as ANSI C.
See also ACCU, ae, c68, c386, C-Interp, cxref, dbx, dsp56k-gcc, dsp56165-gcc, gc, GCT, GNU C, GNU superoptimiser, Harvest C, malloc, mpl, Pthreads, ups.
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c
  1. candle
  2. carat
  3. charm quark
  4. circumference
  5. constant
  6. cubic
C
  1. carbon
  2. capacitance
  3. Celsius
  4. center
  5. centigrade
  6. charge
  7. charm
  8. Christian (as in personal ads)
  9. Citigroup Inc.
  10. cloudy
  11. cocaine
  12. complement
  13. conjugation
  14. consonant
  15. coulomb
  16. couple(s) (as in personal ads)
  17. Cuba (international vehicle ID)
  18. cytosine
  19. 100
  20. see (shortwave transmission)
  21. yes (shortwave transmission)
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