/ Dictionary / Index C C, c: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: C Pronunciation: (sē), [key] — pl. C's Cs, c's 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 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 Pronunciation: [key] cocaine. complement. consonant. coulomb. county (used with a number to designate a county road): C55. C Pronunciation: [key] — Symbol. the third in order or in a series. (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. 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. (sometimes l.c.) the Roman numeral for 100. Celsius. centigrade. capacitance. a battery size for 1.5 volt dry cells: diameter, 1 in. (2.5 cm); length, 1.9 in. (4.8 cm). carbon. charge conjugation. charm1 (def. 9). cysteine. cytosine. a hundred-dollar bill. 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. a high-level programming language often used in conjunction with UNIX and offering a degree of low-level machine control. c Pronunciation: [key] calorie. candle; candles. (with a year) about: c1775. curie; curies. cycle; cycles. c Pronunciation: [key] — Symbol. the velocity of light in a vacuum: approximately 186,000 miles per second or 299,793 kilometers per second. the velocity of sound. c Pronunciation: [key] (in prescriptions) with. C. Pronunciation: [key] Calorie. Cape. Catholic. Celsius. Celtic. Centigrade. College. (in Costa Rica and El Salvador) colon; colons. Congress. Conservative. C- Pronunciation: [key] — U.S. Mil. U.S. Mil. (in designations of transport aircraft) cargo: C-54; C-124. c. Pronunciation: [key] calorie. candle; candles. carat. carbon. carton. case. catcher. cathode. cent; cents. centavo. center. centigrade. centime. centimeter. century. chairman; chairperson. chapter. chief. child. church. (with a year) about: c. 1775. cirrus. city. cloudy. cognate. color. gallon. copper. copyright. corps. cubic. (in prescriptions) with. cycle; cycles. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. Bz. ca' Related Content Daily Word Quiz: profiterole Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language