Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third letter of the modern English alphabet.
- noun Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter c.
- noun The third in a series.
- noun Something shaped like the letter C.
- noun The third best or third highest in quality or rank.
- noun The first tone in the scale of C major or the third tone in the relative minor scale.
- noun A key or scale in which the tone of C is the tonic.
- noun A written or printed note representing this tone.
- noun A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
- abbreviation Physics candle
- abbreviation carat
- abbreviation charm quark
- abbreviation circumference
- abbreviation Mathematics constant
- abbreviation cubic
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
Civil Engineer . - noun An abbreviation of the Latin (New Latin) Chirurgiæ Magister, Master in Surgery.
- An abbreviation of Court of Appeal;
- of Court of Arches;
- of Chancery Appeals;
- of commercial agent;
- of Confederate army;
- of county alderman.
- noun An abbreviation of Commanding Officer
- noun of Colonial Office.
- An abbreviation of Certified Master
- of Church Missionary
- of common meter
- of corresponding member.
- noun An abbreviation of candle-power;
- noun of Chief Patriarch;
- noun of Clerk of the Peace;
- noun of Code of Procedure;
- noun of Congregatio Passionis, Congregation of the Passion.
- noun An abbreviation of
care of , common in addressing letters, etc. Often written c/o - An abbreviation of
Court and [lowercase] of centimeter. - noun An abbreviation of the Latin Civis Romanus, Roman citizen.
- An abbreviation of
cathodal duration . - noun An abbreviation of
Companion of the Bath . Seebath . - noun An abbreviation
- noun of commissary-general, and
- noun of consul-general.
- An abbreviation of
chief justice . - noun An abbreviation of Court of Session;
- noun Clerk of the Signet;
- noun Custos Sigilli, Keeper of the Seal;
- noun con sordini (which see).
- An abbreviation of captain-general;
Etymologies
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NOTE: This warning detects symbols that have been used only once so $c, @c, \% c, * c, &c, sub c {}, c (), and c (the filehandle or format) are considered the same; if a program uses $c only once but also uses any of the others it will not trigger this warning.
LinuxQuestions.org njdube 2008
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The probability seems to be that this yoke, like the others, was for two horses, on whose necks it rested at the points marked _b b_, the apertures (_c c c c_) lying thus on either side of the animals 'necks, and furnishing the means whereby the he was fastened to the collar.
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NÕu c « ng viÖc liª n q ua n ®Õn nh iÒu vÊ n ®Ò riª ng t vµ b ¶o m Ë t th × c òng nª n c ©n nh ¾c ®Õn c ¸c tïy c h ä n c ã s ½n nµy.
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NÕu c « ng viÖc liª n q ua n ®Õn nh iÒu vÊ n ®Ò riª ng t vµ b ¶o m Ë t th × c òng nª n c ©n nh ¾c ®Õn c ¸c tïy c h ä n c ã s ½n nµy.
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®i qu¸ chi tiÕ t vµo V O IP (v× sè lîng kiÕ n thø c cã h¹n, vµ kh« ng muèn ®i qu¸ môc ®Ý ch cña mét bµi tiÓ u luË n) nªn t« i chØ giíi thiÖ u, tr×nh bµy c¸ ch thø c hoÆ t ®éng vµ ø ng dông thùc tiÔ n cña nã trong m« i trêng c« ng nghÖ th« ng tin ngµy nay.
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®i qu¸ chi tiÕ t vµo V O IP (v× sè lîng kiÕ n thø c cã h¹n, vµ kh« ng muèn ®i qu¸ môc ®Ý ch cña mét bµi tiÓ u luË n) nªn t« i chØ giíi thiÖ u, tr×nh bµy c¸ ch thø c hoÆ t ®éng vµ ø ng dông thùc tiÔ n cña nã trong m« i trêng c« ng nghÖ th« ng tin ngµy nay.
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o a″_, in consequence of the motion of the mirror, or the angle of deviation will be _a o a″ + c o c′_; or _a o a″ + c o c′ = d_.
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light Made at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Albert A. Michelson 1891
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So the sentence ˜I am female™ is false at context c and true at context c*.
Again 2009
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It is simply stipulated on the basis of contextual considerations that c* and e* are intended to act as contrasts to c and e.
My Shasta Daisy 2009
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Suppose that w is the world of contexts c and c* above, in which Fred and Wilma are the agents, respectively.
Again 2009
oroboros commented on the word c
C. Chemical element symbol for Carbon.
December 16, 2007