c


c (http://definr.com/c)

     adj 1: of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of
            water as 0 degrees C and the boiling point as 100
            degrees C under normal atmospheric pressure [syn: celsius,
             centigrade] [ant: fahrenheit]
     2: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, a hundred, {one
        hundred}, 100]
     n 1: a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature [syn: {degree
          Centigrade}, degree Celsius, C]
     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
        [syn: speed of light, light speed]
     3: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
        three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
        diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C,
         atomic number 6]
     4: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C, centred]
     5: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
        transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb,
         C, ampere-second]
     6: a general-purpose programing language closely associated
        with the UNIX operating system [syn: C]
     7: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C]
     8: a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a
        surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become
        addictive [syn: cocaine, cocain, coke, snow, C]