Definition of C:

• street names for cocaine
• the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
• a general- purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
• The keynote of the normal or natural scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same.
• The clef, a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
• is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g ( in go); its original value being the latter.
• As a numeral, stands for Latin centum or 100, Cfor 200, etc.
• Abbreviation for cylinder or cylindrical lens, centigrade or Celsius, contraction, closure ( of an electrical circuit), and congius ( gallon). Chemical symbol for carbon.
• Third letter of the alphabet. As a Roman numeral, 100.
• Is the third letter and second consonant of the English alphabet. Before a, o, u, I, and r, it has a hard or close sound, like k; and before e, i, and y, it has a soft or sibilant sound, precisely like s. When combined with the letter h, it has three different sounds: the first is equivalent to tsh, as in chair, church; the second is equivalent to k, as in character, chemistry; and the third, occurring only in a few words, derived from the French; also in several words when preceded by n, flinch, bench, is equivalent to sh, as in chaise, chemise.
• As an abbreviation, stands for Christ, as A. C. for ante Christum; also for companion, as C. B., Companion of the Bath. On medals, C stands for many names of persons, as caesar, Caius. Cassius, Carolus, & c.; and also of offices, as Censor, Consul.
• As a numeral, stands for 100, CC for 200,& c.
• In music, when placed after the clef, is the mark of common time; and when a bar is perpendicularly drawn through it, alla- breve time, or a quicker movement, is indicated. C is also the first note of the diatonic scale, answering to the do of the Italians, and the ut of the French.
• C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g in go; its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s and other sibilant sounds. Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.
• C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve four fourths or crotchets; for alla breve time it is written /.
• The " C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
• As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.
• a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
• an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
• ten 10s
• a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature
• The third letter in the English alphabet.
• For L. centum, a hundred.

Usage examples for C

1. I never look at dear, good Madame C--, without thinking how soon we may,- nay, we must lose her.  The Idler in France by Marguerite Gardiner

2. It was not so much a thought as a touch upon her heart, and she sat up straight, as full of fire and purpose as Mrs. John C. herself, only it was purpose of another kind.  Country Neighbors by Alice Brown

3. You c- c- couldn't s- s- say it.  Concerning Sally by William John Hopkins

4. I don’ t see why C- i- d shouldn’ t spell Cid, even in Spanish; as a Thith I can’ t respect him.  The Car of Destiny by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson