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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
With sugar and evaporated milk added.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial, not-comparable
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adv
Alternative form of c..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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character
The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: letter, lowercase
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name
A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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name
Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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name
Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSE.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, symbol
Topics: business, finance, stock-ticker-symbol
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noun
Alternative form of c..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
One hundred dollars; a c-note.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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noun
The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
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noun
Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Unicode
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noun
Cocaine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Cunt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, vulgar
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noun
Abbreviation of consonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Abbreviation of Conservative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Abbreviation of century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Abbreviation of center.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, netball, sports
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noun
Abbreviation of costa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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num
The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: lowercase
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symbol
A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Abbreviation of see.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
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adjective satellite
being ten more than ninety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hundred, one hundred, 100
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noun
street names for cocaine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coke, blow, nose candy, snow
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Broader terms: cocaine, cocain
noun
the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
noun
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tonic, keynote
noun
a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: programming language, programing language
noun
a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coulomb, ampere-second
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Broader terms: charge unit, quantity unit
noun
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: degree centigrade, degree Celsius
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Broader terms: degree
Narrower terms: standard temperature
noun
ten 10s
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hundred, 100, century, one C
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Broader terms: large integer
noun
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: carbon, atomic number 6
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element
Narrower terms: fullerene, radiocarbon, carbon 14, char, charcoal, wood coal, carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock, activated carbon, activated charcoal, graphite, black lead, plumbago, diamond, adamant
noun
a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cytosine
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Broader terms: pyrimidine
noun
one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deoxycytidine monophosphate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nucleotide, base
noun
a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vitamin C, ascorbic acid
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Broader terms: antioxidant, water-soluble vitamin
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: speed of light, light speed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: constant, speed, velocity
History
Uncertain. Either from Hainanese 鮮 /鲜 (si23, “fresh”), short for 鮮奶 (“fresh milk”), Malay cair (“melted”) referring to evaporated milk, or an abbreviation of Carnation, a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.
Abbreviations.
Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”).
The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B.
Across languages
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
