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c I. \ˈsē\ noun (plural c's or cs \ˈsēz\) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the third letter of the English alphabet b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic c (as hard c in cat or soft c in cell) 2. a. : one hundred — see number table b. slang : a sum of $100 3. a. : the keynote of C major or C minor b. : the tone C 4. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter c 5. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated c especially as the third in order or class < A deeded land to B and C together > 6. a. : a grade assigned by a teacher or examiner rating a student's work as fair, average, or mediocre in quality < pass Latin with a C > b. : one graded or rated with a C < a C student > < the movie was a C > < your quiz papers are all C's > 7. : something having the shape of the letter C II. abbreviation Usage: often capitalized 1. calm 2. calorie 3. Canadian 4. canceled 5. candle 6. canon 7. capacitance; capacity 8. cape 9. captain 10. caput 11. carat 12. cargo 13. case 14. castle 15. catcher 16. cathode 17. Catholic 18. caught 19. cause 20. Celsius 21. cent 22. cental 23. centavo 24. center 25. centi- 26. centigrade 27. centime 28. centimeter 29. centum 30. century 31. chairman 32. chancellor; chancery 33. chapter 34. chief 35. child 36. church 37. circa; circiter; circum 38. circuit 39. circumference 40. clearance 41. clockwise 42. cloudy 43. cobalt 44. cocaine 45. codex 46. coefficient 47. cognate 48. cold 49. college 50. color 51. colt 52. combat 53. commander 54. common meter 55. common time 56. companion 57. condemned 58. conductor 59. confessor 60. confidential 61. congius 62. congregation 63. congress 64. conservative 65. constable 66. consul 67. contact 68. continental 69. contra 70. contraction 71. contralto 72. copper 73. copy 74. copyright 75. cord 76. cordoba 77. corps 78. correct 79. cost 80. coulomb 81. count 82. coupon 83. court 84. cousin 85. created 86. crowned 87. cubic 88. cum 89. cup 90. currency 91. current 92. cycle 93. cylinder III. symbol 1. 4/4 time — used after the clef sign on a musical staff 2. capitalized carbon 3. copyright — often enclosed in a circle 4. a. cipher — used as a subscript < Fp=Tc means that the plaintext letter F has the cipher substitute T > b. capitalized the numerical value of a cipher letter when the cipher component is serially numbered from 0 to 25 < P + K = C is the Vigenère keying method > 5. capitalized consonant IV. noun Usage: capitalized : a structured programming language designed to produce compact and efficient object code after compilation and to allow access to hardware functions of a computer V. abbreviation Usage: capitalized cytosine VI. symbol 1. capitalized charge conjugation herein 2. usually italic speed of light |