C, c: Meaning and Definition of

C

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

C

1. the third in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes l.c.) (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.
1. the first tone, or keynote, in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
2. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
3. a written or printed note representing this tone.
4. (in the fixed system of solmization) the first tone of the scale of C major, called do.
5. the tonality having C as the tonic note.
6. a symbol indicating quadruple time and appearing after the clef sign on a musical staff.
4. (sometimes l.c.) the Roman numeral for 100.
5. Celsius.
6. centigrade.
1. capacitance.
2. a battery size for 1.5 volt dry cells: diameter, 1 in. (2.5 cm); length, 1.9 in. (4.8 cm).
8. carbon.
1. charge conjugation.
2. charm1 (def. 9).
1. cysteine.
2. cytosine.
11. 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. a high-level programming language often used in conjunction with UNIX and offering a degree of low-level machine control.

c

1. calorie.
2. candle; candles.
3. (with a year) about: c1775.
4. curie; curies.
5. cycle; cycles.

c

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

c

1. (in prescriptions) with.

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-

1. (in designations of transport aircraft) cargo: C-54; C-124.

c.

1. calorie.
2. candle; candles.
3. carat.
4. carbon.
5. carton.
6. case.
7. catcher.
8. cathode.
9. cent; cents.
10. centavo.
11. 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.
22. cirrus.
23. city.
24. cloudy.
25. cognate.
26. color.
27. gallon.
28. copper.
29. copyright.
30. corps.
31. cubic.
32. (in prescriptions) with.
33. cycle; cycles.