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Dictionary definition · C

noun

  1. a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
  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
  3. a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
  4. the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
  5. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as also known as deoxycytidylate, or dCMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
  6. a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
  7. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
  8. ten 10s
  9. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
  10. a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
  11. (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

adjective

  1. being ten more than ninety

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).