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cS

centistoke; centistokes.
Also, cs

cs.

case; cases.

C/S

cycles per second.

C.S.

1. chief of staff.
2. Christian Science.
3. Christian Scientist.
4. Civil Service.
5. Confederate States.

c.s.

1. capital stock.
2. civil service.

C. of S.

Chief of Staff.

C, c

[see]
–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.

cen⋅ti⋅stoke

[sen-tuh-stohk]
–noun
a centimeter-gram-second unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to 1/100 stoke. Abbreviation: cS, cs

Origin:
1930–35; centi- + stoke 2
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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.

ce·si·um also cae·si·um   (sē'zē-əm)   
n.   Symbol Cs
A soft, silvery-white ductile metal, liquid at room temperature, the most electropositive and alkaline of the elements, used in photoelectric cells and to catalyze hydrogenation of some organic compounds. Atomic number 55; atomic weight 132.905; melting point 28.5°C; boiling point 690°C; specific gravity 1.87; valence 1. See Table at element.

[From Latin caesius, bluish gray (from its blue spectral lines).]
chief of staff  
n.   pl. chiefs of staff Abbr. C. of S. or CS
  1. The ranking officer of the U.S. Army or Air Force, responsible to the secretary of his or her branch and to the President.

  2. The senior military staff officer at the division level or higher.

civil service  
n.   Abbr. CS
  1. Those branches of public service that are not legislative, judicial, or military and in which employment is usually based on competitive examination.

  2. The entire body of persons employed by the civil branches of a government.

Cs  
The symbol for the element cesium.
CS  
abbr.  
  1. capital stock

  2. chief of staff

  3. Christian Science

  4. civil service

  5. conditioned stimulus

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cen·ti·stoke
Pronunciation: 'sent-&-"stOk
Function: noun
: a unit of kinematic viscosity equal to 1/100stoke

Main Entry: cs
Function: abbreviation
1 case
2 cesarean section
3 conditioned stimulus
4 consciousness
5 corticosteroid
6 current strength

Main Entry: Cs
Function: symbol
cesium

Main Entry: CS
Pronunciation: "sE-'es
Function: noun
: a potent lacrimatory and nausea-producing gas C10H5ClN2 used in riotcontrol and chemical warfare
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centistoke cen·ti·stoke (sěn'tĭ-stōk')
n.
A unit of kinematic viscosity that equals one hundredth of a stoke.

Cs
The symbol for the element cesium.

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Science Dictionary
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.


cesium   (sē'zē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Symbol Cs
A soft, ductile, silvery-white element of the alkali group. It is liquid at room temperature and is the most reactive of all metals. Cesium is used to make photoelectric cells, electron tubes, and atomic clocks. Atomic number 55; atomic weight 132.905; melting point 28.5°C; boiling point 690°C; specific gravity 1.87; valence 1. See Periodic Table.
Cs  
The symbol for cesium.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
cs
  1. cesarean section

  2. Czech

Cs
cesium
CS
  1. capital stock

  2. caught stealing

  3. chief of staff

  4. cervical spine

  5. Christian Science

  6. civil service

  7. conditioned stimulus

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