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. |
| 7. | Electricity. | b. | a battery size for 1.5 volt dry cells: diameter, 1 in. (2.5 cm); length, 1.9 in. (4.8 cm). | |
| 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. |
Slang Dictionary
C-note
and C-spot
- n.
a one-hundred-dollar bill. (The C is the Roman numeral for 100. See also century note.) : You owe me three C-notes! , That guy wanted a C-spot to fix my muffler!
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Financial Dictionary
c
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.
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.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
cFunction:
abbreviationcopyright
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
C Function:
symbol carbon
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary
C 2
abbr.
Celsius
centigrade
coulomb
cytosine
large calorie
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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