C Definition

noun
The third letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek gamma, a borrowing from the Phoenician.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of cell or (k) of call.
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(physics) The speed of light as a unit of speed, exactly 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
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A type or impression of c or C.
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The third in a sequence or group.
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pronoun

A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.

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(UK) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service.
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abbreviation
Candle.
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Centi-
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Charm quark.
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Carat(s)
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Capacitance.
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adjective
Of c or C.
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Third in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like C.
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Average in quality.
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symbol
The speed of light in a vacuum.
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Carbon.
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A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

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(music) Guitar chord – C – Played 0 1 0 2 3 0.
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The ASCII notation for the copyright symbol ©.

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affix
Cargo transport.
C-130, C-5A.
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letter

The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

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The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

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The letter C with a macron.

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numeral

The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

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The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

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Origin of C

  • Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter (c, “cen”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From ++, name of an operator in the language and from the use of the plus sign to indicate enhancement

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the symbol c, which is from Latin celeritās (“speed”).

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  • Various abbreviations

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