c

The definition of c is the third letter of the English alphabet.

(noun)

An example of c is the letter with which the word "central" begins.

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or C

noun pl. C's, c's

  1. the third letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of cell or (k) of call
  3. a type or impression of c or C
  4. the third in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of c or C
  2. third in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

centi-

the speed of light in a vacuum

noun

  1. a Roman numeral for 100: with a superior bar (), 100,000
  2. Educ. a grade indicating average work: a C in biology
  3. Music
    1. the first tone or note in the scale of C major
    2. a key, string, etc. producing this tone
    3. the scale having this tone as the keynote
    4. the sign for 4/4 time
  4. a high-level computer programming language

adjective

average in quality

  1. candle
  2. Elec. capacitance
  3. Cape
  4. carat(s)
  5. Baseball catcher
  6. cathode
  7. Catholic
  8. Celsius (or centigrade)
  9. cent(s)
  10. centavo(s)
  11. Sports center
  12. centesimo(s)
  13. centime(s)
  14. centimeter(s)
  15. centimo(s)
  16. Central
  17. century
  18. chapter
  19. child; children
  20. circa
  21. cold (on water faucets)
  22. College
  23. Congress
  24. Conservative
  25. Math. constant
  26. contralto
  27. copyright
  28. coulomb
  29. cup(s)
  30. curie
  31. cycle(s)
  32. cytosine
  33. Physics heat capacity
  34. Origin: L centum

    hundredweight
Also, for 1, 4-6, 9-15, 17-20, 25-27, 29-31, 34, c

carbon

cargo transport: used in designations for aircraft: C-130, C-5A

See c in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or C

noun pl. C's 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
    a. The first tone in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale.
    b. A key or scale in which the tone of C is the tonic.
    c. A written or printed note representing this tone.
    d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.

abbreviation
  1. Physics candle
  2. carat
  3. charm quark
  4. circumference
  5. also C Mathematics constant
  6. cubic

noun
A programming language widely used for systems programming.

  1. The symbol for the element carbon.
  2. also c The symbol for the Roman numeral one hundred.
  3. c The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.
  4. The symbol for capacitance.
  5. The symbol for charge conjugation.

abbreviation
  1. Celsius
  2. centigrade
  3. Physics charm
  4. cold
  5. consonant
  6. coulomb
  7. cytosine

abbreviation
  1. capacity
  2. cent
  3. centavo
  4. centime
  5. centimo
  6. chapter
  7. circa
  8. Pharmacology congius (gallon)
  9. copy
  10. copyright
  11. cup

abbreviation
  1. cape
  2. Celtic
  3. or c. century
  4. chancellor

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