Definition of C

noun (n)

• a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: degree celsius, degree centigrade
  

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• 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 (noun.time)

  Synonym: light speed, speed of light
  

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

  Synonym: ascorbic acid, vitamin c
  

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

  Synonym: a, deoxyadenosine monophosphate, deoxycytidine monophosphate, deoxyguanosine monophosphate, deoxythymidine monophosphate, g, t
  

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• a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine (noun.substance)

  Synonym: cytosine
  

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• an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds (noun.substance)

  Synonym: atomic number 6, carbon
  

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• ten 10s (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: 100, century, hundred, one c
  

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• a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second (noun.quantity)

  Synonym: ampere-second, coulomb
  

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• a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system (noun.communication)

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• (music) the keynote of the scale of C major (noun.communication)

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• the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet (noun.communication)

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• street names for cocaine (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: blow, coke, nose candy, snow
  

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adjective satellite (s)

• being ten more than ninety (adj.all)

  Synonym: 100, hundred, one hundred
  

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