Noun
- 1. degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C, degree
- usage: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
- 2. speed of light, light speed, c, speed, velocity, constant
- usage: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
- 3. vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid, water-soluble vitamin, antioxidant
- usage: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
- 4. deoxycytidine monophosphate, C, nucleotide, base
- usage: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
- 5. cytosine, C, pyrimidine
- usage: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
- 6. carbon, C, atomic number 6, chemical element, element
- usage: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
- 7. hundred, 100, C, century, one C, large integer
- usage: ten 10s
- 8. coulomb, C, ampere-second, charge unit, quantity unit
- usage: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
- 9. C, programming language, programing language
- usage: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
- 10. C, tonic, keynote
- usage: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
- 11. C, c, letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
- usage: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
- 12. coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C, cocaine, cocain
- usage: street names for cocaine
Adjective
- 1. hundred, one hundred, 100, c, cardinal (vs. ordinal)
- usage: being ten more than ninety
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