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C in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. ten 10s
    hundred  100  C  century  one C 
  2. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
    coulomb  C  ampere-second 
  3. a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
    vitamin C  C  ascorbic acid 
  4. an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
    carbon  C  atomic number 6 
  5. street names for cocaine
    coke  blow  nose candy  snow  C 
  6. the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
    C  c 
  7. a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
    C 
  8. (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
    C 
  9. a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
    degree centigrade  degree Celsius  C 
  10. one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
    deoxycytidine monophosphate  C 
  11. a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
    cytosine  C 
  12. the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
    C  c 
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