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]