C (n.)

  1. a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

    [ Syn: degree centigrade , degree celsius , c ]

  2. (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

    [ Syn: c ]

  3. the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet

    [ Syn: c , c , c , c ]

  4. street names for cocaine

    [ Syn: coke , blow , nose candy , snow , c ]

  5. 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

    [ Syn: speed of light , speed of light , light speed , light speed ]

  6. a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

    [ Syn: vitamin c , vitamin c , c , c , ascorbic acid , ascorbic acid ]

  7. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

    [ Syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate , c ]

  8. a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

    [ Syn: cytosine , c ]

  9. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

    [ Syn: carbon , c , atomic number 6 ]

  10. ten 10s

    [ Syn: hundred , 100 , c , century , one c ]

  11. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

    [ Syn: coulomb , c , ampere-second ]

  12. a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system

    [ Syn: c ]

    c (adj.)

  1. being ten more than ninety

    [ Syn: hundred , one hundred , 100 ]

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