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c
1or c.
abbreviation for
- (with a year) about:
c1775.
C
2or c
[ see ]
noun
, plural C's or Cs, c's or cs.
- the third letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any spoken sound represented by the letter C or c, as in cat, race, or circle.
- something having the shape of a C .
- a written or printed representation of the letter C or c.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter C or c.
c.
3abbreviation for
- gallon.
c
4or c.
abbreviation for
- Optics. candle; candles.
- cycle; cycles.
C
5noun
- Computers. a high-level programming language: very powerful and flexible, it is used in a wide variety of applications.
c.
6abbreviation for
- Optics. candle; candles. Also c
- carat.
- carbon.
- carton.
- case.
- Baseball. catcher.
- cathode.
- cent; cents.
- centavo.
- Football. center.
- centigrade.
- centime.
- centimeter.
- century.
- chairman; chairperson.
- chapter.
- chief.
- child.
- church.
- cirrus.
- city.
- cloudy.
- cognate.
- color.
- copper.
- copyright.
- corps.
- cubic.
- cycle; cycles. Also c
c
7Symbol.
- Physics, Optics. the speed of light in a vacuum: standardized as 186,282.4 miles per second (299,792,458 meters per second).
- Physics, Acoustics. the speed of sound.
C
8abbreviation for
- Grammar. complement ( def 6 ).
- Electricity. coulomb ( def ).
- county (used with a number to designate a county road):
C55.
C
9Symbol.
- the third in order or in a series.
- (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. Sometimes c
- Music.
- the first tone, or keynote, in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
- a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
- a written or printed note representing this tone.
- (in the fixed system of solmization) the first tone of the scale of C major, called do.
- the tonality having C as the tonic note.
- a symbol indicating quadruple time and appearing after the clef sign on a musical staff.
- the Roman numeral for 100. Sometimes c
- Electricity.
- a battery size for 1.5 volt dry cells: diameter, 1 inch (2.5 centimeters); length, 1.9 inches (4.8 centimeters).
- Chemistry. carbon ( def 1 ).
- Physics.
- Biochemistry.
- a proportional shoe width size, narrower than D and wider than B.
- a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than D and larger than B.
- the lowest quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond.
c̄
10or c.
- (in prescriptions) with.
C-
11U.S. Military.
- (in designations of transport aircraft) cargo:
C-54; C-124.
C.
12abbreviation for
- Calorie.
- Cape.
- Catholic.
- Celsius.
- Celtic.
- Centigrade.
- College.
- (in Costa Rica and El Salvador) colon; colons.
- Congress.
- Conservative.
c
1symbol for
- centi-
- cubic
- cycle
- maths constant
- specific heat capacity
- the speed of light and other types of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum
- chess See algebraic notation
C.
2abbreviation for
- (on maps as part of name) Cape
- Catholic
- Celtic
- Conservative
- Corps
c
3/ siː /
noun
- the third letter and second consonant of the modern English alphabet
- a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiceless alveolar fricative, as in cigar, or a voiceless velar stop, as in case
- the third in a series, esp the third highest grade in an examination
- something shaped like a C
- ( in combination )
a C-spring
c/-
4abbreviation for
- care of
c.
5abbreviation for
- carat
- cricket caught
- cent(s)
- century or centuries
- (used esp preceding a date) circa
c. 1800
C-
6abbreviation for
- cargo transport
C-5
C
7symbol for
- music
- a note having a frequency of 261.63 hertz ( middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the first degree of a major scale containing no sharps or flats ( C major )
- a key, string, or pipe producing this note
- the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
- a time signature denoting four crotchet beats to the bar See also alla breve common time
- chem carbon
- biochem cytosine
- capacitance
- heat capacity
- cold (water)
- physics compliance
- Celsius
- centigrade
- century
C20
- coulomb
- See Roman numeralsRoman numeral 100 See Roman numerals
abbreviation for
- Cuba (international car registration)
noun
- a computer programming language combining the advantages of a high-level language with the ability to address the computer at a level comparable with that of an assembly language
c
- The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of c1
From Latin circā, circiter, circum
Origin of c2
From the Latin word congius
Origin of c3
From the Latin word cum
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Word History and Origins
Origin of c1
(for sense 5) Latin: about
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