📖 Definitions of "C"
adverb
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Abbreviation of circa.
"The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250."
🔄 Synonyms of "C"
22 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardinalnoun | Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. |
| cokenoun | (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel. |
| centurynoun | A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. |
| cocainnoun | Dated form of cocaine. [(uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.] |
| celsius | Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to ¹⁄_(273.16) of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero. |
| hundrednoun | A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros). |
| centred | UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of centered. |
| speed of lightnoun | (physics) The speed of electromagnetic radiation, which in a perfect vacuum is equivalent to 299,792,458 metres per second. |
| degree centigradenoun | Synonym of degree Celsius. |
| centigradenoun | Celsius. [since 1948] |
| cocainenoun | (uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant. |
| 100 | 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. |
| light speednoun | Alternative form of lightspeed. [The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).] |
| one hundred | being ten more than ninety |
| ampere-secondnoun | a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second |
| atomic number 6noun | an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds |
| one cnoun | ten 10s |
| a hundred | being ten more than ninety |
| carbonnoun | (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material. |
| coulombnoun | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C |
| degree celsiusnoun | A metric unit of temperature, a derived unit of the International System of Units. |
| snownoun | (uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer. |
↔️ Antonyms of "C"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fnoun | (printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20") |
| fahrnoun | A surname from German. |
| fahrenheit | Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "C"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| caesiumnoun | The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal. |
| cesiumnoun | (American spelling) Alternative form of caesium. [The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.] |
| atomic number 55noun | a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal |
| cathodenoun | (electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively). |
| intrasentential | Inside a sentence. |
| cmunoun | Initialism of Carnegie Mellon University. |
| shimnoun | A wedge. |
| stannoun | (Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive. |
| nlsynoun | — |
| observeverb | (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail. |
| watchverb | A portable or wearable timepiece. |
| lookverb | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. |
| viewnoun | The act of seeing or looking at something. |
| beholdverb | (transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon. |
| perceiveverb | (transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand. |
| noticenoun | (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception. |
| glimpsenoun | (transitive) To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely. |
| discernverb | (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry. |
| detectverb | To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing. |
| spotnoun | A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. |
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