C Definition

sē
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 ᚳ (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”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Various abbreviations

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C Sentence Examples

  • Or, we gravitate toward anecdotes like, "I take my vitamin C every day and haven't had a cold in year."

  • The transformer T has its secondary or high-pressure terminals connected to spark balls S1, which are also connected by a circuit consisting of a large glass plate condenser C, and the primary circuit of an air-core transformer called an oscillation transformer.

  • It can be shown that if two circuits, both having capacity (C) and inductance (L), are coupled together inductively, then, when oscillations are set up in one circuit, oscillations of two periods are excited in the other differing in frequency from each other and from the natural frequency of the circuit.

  • A, Attractive surface of lid; B, conducting; C, glandular; and D, detentive surface; magnified.

  • Then come the glandular surface (C), which is formed of smooth polished epidermis with numerous glands that secrete the fluid contents of the pitcher, and finally the detentive surface (D), of which the cells are produced into long and strong bristles which point A FIG.

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