Definitions For C

noun

• Street names for cocaine
• The 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
• (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
• A general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
• A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
• A degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
• Ten 10s
• An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
• A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
• One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
• A vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
• 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
• The third letter of the English alphabet
• The Roman numeral that means 100
• A musical note or key referred to by the letter C : the first tone of a C-major scale

adjective

• Being ten more than ninety