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noun
1.
A degree on the centigrade scale of temperature.  Synonyms: degree Celsius, degree centigrade.
2.
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.  Synonyms: light speed, speed of light.
3.
A vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy.  Synonyms: ascorbic acid, vitamin C.
4.
One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose).  Synonym: deoxycytidine monophosphate.
5.
A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine.  Synonym: cytosine.
6.
An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds.  Synonyms: atomic number 6, carbon.
7.
Ten 10s.  Synonyms: 100, century, hundred, one C.
8.
A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second.  Synonyms: ampere-second, coulomb.
9.
A general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system.
10.
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major.
11.
The 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
12.
Street names for cocaine.  Synonyms: blow, coke, nose candy, snow.
adjective
1.
Being ten more than ninety.  Synonyms: 100, hundred, one hundred.



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"C" Quotes from Famous Books



... modern references I have seen. Now Elder himself quotes Verstegan in his comments on the legend, pp. 168-9 and note, and it is impossible to avoid conjecturing that he adapted Verstegan to the locality. Newtown, when Hassel visited it in 1790, had only six or seven houses (l.c., i., 137-8), though it had the privilege of returning two members to Parliament; it had been a populous town by the name of Franchville before the French invasion of the island of temp. Ric. II. It is just possible that there may ...
— More English Fairy Tales • Various

... These reddish membranes are those that appear first on pressure, and form this elongated portion, at whose end is a kind of hairy mask. Finally, with the sac formed by the reddish membranes, there are connected two appendages, c. c. of reddish yellow, and red at the end, s. These are what ...
— New observations on the natural history of bees • Francis Huber

... probability that Ruth ought not to be taken with Judges, nor Lamentations with Jeremiah, nor Daniel with the prophets. It can be proved that the order of the divisions represents the order in which they respectively attained canonical importance—the law before 400 B.C., the prophets about 200 B.C., the writings about 100 B.C.—and, generally speaking, the latest books are in the last division. Thus we are led to suspect a relatively late origin for the Song and Ecclesiastes, and Chronicles, being late, will not be so important a historical authority as Kings. ...
— Introduction to the Old Testament • John Edgar McFadyen

... Abbott, Dr. C.C., instability of habits of birds, 76 on American water-thrushes (Seiurus), 117 Mr., drawings of caterpillars ...
— Darwinism (1889) • Alfred Russel Wallace

... earliest Account of Time to the Present. Compiled from original Authors, and illustrated with Maps, Cuts, &c. ...
— The True Life of Betty Ireland • Anonymous


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