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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.

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cocaine.

2.	Grammar. complement.

3.	consonant.

coulomb.

5.	county (used with a number to designate a county road): C55.

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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.

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.

Celsius.

6.	centigrade.

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.

Physics.

a.	charge conjugation.

b.	charm¹ (def. 9).

10.

Biochemistry.

cysteine.

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.

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calorie.

2.	Optics. candle; candles.

3.	(with a year) about: c1775. [Origin: < L circā, circiter, circum]

4.	Physics, Chemistry. curie; curies.

5.	cycle; cycles.

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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.

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c̄

(in prescriptions) with.

[Origin: < L cum

]

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Calorie.

Cape.

Catholic.

Celsius.

Celtic.

6.	Centigrade.

College.

8.	(in Costa Rica and El Salvador) colon; colons.

Congress.

10.	Conservative.

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calorie.

2.	Optics. candle; candles.

carat.

carbon.

carton.

case.

7.	Baseball. catcher.

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.

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c¹ or C (sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. c's or C's also cs or Cs

The third letter of the modern English alphabet.
Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter c.
The third in a series.
Something shaped like the letter C.
C The third best or third highest in quality or rank: a mark of C on a term paper.
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.

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c²
abbr.

Physics candle
carat
charm quark
circumference
also C Mathematics constant
cubic

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C¹ (sē) Pronunciation Key
n. A programming language widely used for systems programming.

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C²

The symbol for the element carbon.
also c The symbol for the Roman numeral one hundred.
c The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.
The symbol for capacitance.
The symbol for charge conjugation.

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C³
abbr.

Celsius
centigrade
Physics charm
cold
consonant
coulomb
cytosine

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can·dle (kān'dl) Pronunciation Key
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.
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.

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ca·pac·i·tance (kə-pās'ĭ-təns) Pronunciation Key
n.

Symbol C The ratio of charge to potential on an electrically charged, isolated conductor.
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.

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car·at (kār'ət) Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. c or car.

A unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams.
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.]

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car·bon (kär'bən) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.
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.

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Cel·si·us (sěl'sē-əs, -shəs) Pronunciation Key
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.]

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cen·ti·grade (sěn'tĭ-grād') Pronunciation Key
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).]

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charge conjugation
n. Symbol C

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.
The theoretical conversion of matter to antimatter or of antimatter to matter.

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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.

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cir·cum·fer·ence (sər-kŭm'fər-əns) Pronunciation Key
n.

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.

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cou·lomb   (kōō'lŏm', -lōm') Pronunciation Key
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.]

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cu·bic (kyōō'bĭk) Pronunciation Key
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.
Mathematics Of the third power, order, or degree.
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.

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cy·to·sine (sī'tə-sēn') Pronunciation Key
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
adjective
1.	being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred]
noun
1.	a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn: degree centigrade]
2.	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 [syn: speed of light]
3.	a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C]
4.	one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate]
5.	a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine]
6.	an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon]
7.	ten 10s [syn: hundred]
8.	a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb]
9.	a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
10.	(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
11.	the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
12.	street names for cocaine [syn: coke]

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The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.

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The symbol for carbon.
Abbreviation of capacitance, capacitor, capacity, Celsius, charge conjugation, coulomb, cytosine
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.

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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 abbr.

blood capillary
small calorie

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C ¹

The symbol for the element carbon.

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C ²
abbr.

Celsius
centigrade
coulomb
cytosine
large calorie

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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.