C meaning

UK US /si/ 1 syllable

C (noun): a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature.

C has 13 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and adjective.

C as a noun

  1. a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

    Synonyms: degree centigrade, degree Celsius

    Type of: degree

    Kinds: standard 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

    Synonyms: speed of light, light speed

    Type of: speed, constant

  3. a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

    Synonyms: vitamin C, ascorbic acid

    Type of: water-soluble vitamin, antioxidant

  4. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

    Synonyms: deoxycytidine monophosphate

    Type of: nucleotide

  5. a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

    Synonyms: cytosine

    Type of: pyrimidine

  6. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

    Synonyms: carbon, atomic number 6

    Type of: chemical element

    Kinds: fullerene, radiocarbon, char, charcoal, carbon black, activated carbon, graphite, diamond

  7. ten 10s

    Synonyms: hundred, 100, century, one C

    Type of: large integer

  8. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

    Synonyms: coulomb, ampere-second

    Type of: charge unit

  9. a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system

    Type of: programming language

  10. (music) the keynote of the scale of C major

    Type of: tonic

  11. the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet

    Type of: letter

  12. street names for cocaine

    Synonyms: coke, blow, nose candy, snow

    Type of: cocaine

C as an adjective

  1. being ten more than ninety

    Synonyms: hundred, one hundred, 100

    Similar: cardinal

How to pronounce C

C is pronounced /si/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

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