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C | a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system | |
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C | [in music] the keynote of the scale of C major | |
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hundred, 100, C, century, one C | ten 10s | |
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C, c | the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
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C, deoxycytidine monophosphate | one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) | |
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speed of light, c, light speed, Einstein barrier, lightspeed, Einstein constant | 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 | |
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C, cytosine | a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine | |
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100, hundred, one hundred, c | being ten more than ninety | |
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carbon, C, atomic number 6 | an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds | |
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C, coulomb, ampere-second | a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second | |
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vitamin C, C, ascorbic acid, E300 when used as an antioxidant | a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy | |
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blow, coke, nose candy, snow, C | street names for cocaine | |
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C, degree centigrade, degree Celsius | a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature |