C 1 (s?)n. A widely used programming language.C 21. The symbol for carbon.2. also c The symbol for the Roman numeral one hundred.3. c The symbol for the speed of light in a vacuum.4. The symbol for capacitance.5. The symbol for charge conjugation.C 3abbr.1. cell phone number2. Celsius3. Sports center4. centigrade5. Physics charm6. cold7. consonant8. coulomb9. cytosinec 1 or C (s?)n. pl. c’s or C’s also cs or Cs 1. The third letter of the modern English alphabet.2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter c.3. The third in a series.4. Something shaped like the letter C.5. C The third best or third highest in quality or rank: a mark of C on a term paper.6. Music a. The first tone in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale.b. A key or scale in which the tone of C is the tonic.c. A written or printed note representing this tone.d. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.c 2abbr.1. Physics candle2. carat3. charm quark4. circumference5. also C Mathematics constant6. cubicAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.c (si?) or Cn, pl c’s, C’s or Cs1. (Linguistics) the third letter and second consonant of the modern English alphabet2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually either a voiceless alveolar fricative, as in cigar, or a voiceless velar stop, as in case3. the third in a series, esp the third highest grade in an examination4. a. something shaped like a Cb. (in combination): a C-spring. c symbol for 1. (Units) centi- 2. (Units) cubic 3. (Computer Science) cycle 4. (Mathematics) maths constant 5. (General Physics) specific heat capacity 6. (General Physics) the speed of light and other types of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum 7. (Chess & Draughts) chess See algebraic notation C symbol for 1. (Music, other) music a. a note having a frequency of 261.63 hertz (middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the first degree of a major scale containing no sharps or flats (C major)b. a key, string, or pipe producing this notec. the major or minor key having this note as its tonicd. a time signature denoting four crotchet beats to the bar. See also alla breve2, common time 2. (Chemistry) chem carbon 3. (Biochemistry) biochem cytosine 4. (General Physics) capacitance 5. (General Physics) heat capacity 6. cold (water) 7. (General Physics) physics compliance 8. (General Physics) Celsius 9. (General Physics) centigrade 10. (Historical Terms) century: C20. 11. (General Physics) coulomb 12. (Units) (Roman numeral)100. See Roman numerals abbreviation for Cuba (international car registration) n (Computer Science) a computer programming language combining the advantages of a high-level language with the ability to address the computer at a level comparable with that of an assembly language Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014C, c (si) n., pl. Cs C’s, cs c’s for 1-4. 1. the third letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something shaped like a C. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter C or c. C 1. Gram. complement. 2. consonant. 3. coulomb. 4. county (used with a number to designate a county road): C55. C Symbol. 1. the third in order or in a series. 2. (sometimes l.c.) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark indicating fair or average quality. 3. a. the tonic note of the C major scale. b. a tonality having C as the tonic. c. a written or printed note representing this tone. d. (in the fixed system of solmization) the first tone of the scale of C major, called do. e. the tonality having C as the tonic note. f. a symbol indicating quadruple time and appearing after the clef sign on a musical staff. 4. (sometimes l.c.) the Roman numeral for 100. 5. a powerful high-level computer programming language suitable for creating operating systems and complex applications. 6. Celsius. 7. centigrade. 8. capacitance. 9. carbon. 10. a. cysteine. b. cytosine. 11. Also, C-note. Slang. a hundred-dollar bill. c 1. Optics. candle. 2. (with a year) about: c1775. [