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C
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Street names for cocaine
Synonyms:
blow; C; coke; nose candy; snow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
cocain; cocaine (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("C" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
keynote; tonic ((music) the first note of a diatonic scale)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
programing language; programming language ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
Synonyms:
ampere-second; C; coulomb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
charge unit; quantity unit (a measure of the quantity of electricity (determined by the amount of an electric current and the time for which it flows))
Holonyms ("C" is a part of...):
abcoulomb (a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs)
ampere-minute (a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
Synonyms:
C; degree Celsius; degree centigrade
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
degree (a unit of temperature on a specified scale)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "C"):
standard temperature (exactly zero degrees centigrade)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Ten 10s
Synonyms:
100; C; century; hundred; one C
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Sense 8
Meaning:
An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "C"):
adamant; diamond (very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem)
black lead; graphite; plumbago (used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors)
activated carbon; activated charcoal (powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons)
carbon black; crock; lampblack; smut; soot (a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink)
charcoal; wood coal (a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air)
char (a charred substance)
carbon 14; radiocarbon (a radioactive isotope of carbon)
fullerene (a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms)
Holonyms ("C" is a substance of...):
coal (fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period)
limestone (a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals)
crude; crude oil; fossil oil; oil; petroleum; rock oil (a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
Synonyms:
C; cytosine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
pyrimidine (any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine)
Holonyms ("C" is a substance of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)
ribonucleic acid; RNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell)
Sense 10
Meaning:
One of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
Synonyms:
C; deoxycytidine monophosphate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
base; nucleotide (a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA))
Sense 11
Meaning:
A vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
Synonyms:
ascorbic acid; C; vitamin C
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("C" is a kind of...):
antioxidant (substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides)
water-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in water)
Sense 12
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
c; light speed; speed of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("c" is a kind of...):
constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)
speed; velocity (distance travelled per unit time)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being ten more than ninety
Synonyms:
100; c; hundred; one hundred
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
Inside was ‘P.C.’ on the flap.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I saw Cæsar and Pompey at the head of their troops, just ready to engage.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Ask your doctor if taking vitamin C would help.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I daresay E.C. is not much in your line, but I can tell you that this is about the richest house in London.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It associates with protein kinases A and C and phosphatase, and serves as a scaffold protein in signal transduction.
(A Kinase Anchor Protein 12, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
The A strain mouse has an albino coat (genotype a,b,c) and is susceptible to carcinogen-induced lung adenomas and cleft palate formation in response to cortisone.
(A/J Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)
The HLA antigens are encoded by closely linked multiallelic genes of the HLA (MHC) complex, a region containing several genetic loci (HLA-A, -B, -C, -DP, -DQ, -DR, -MB, -MT, and -Te).
(MHC Class I Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
In some cases, you may need a procedure called a dilatation and curettage (D&C) to remove tissue remaining in the uterus.
(Miscarriage, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Acting as a methyl donor, methionine C 11 is incorporated into macromolecules, where it serves as a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent for detecting tumors with high rates of protein synthesis.
(Methionine C 11, NCI Thesaurus)
An inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) inhibitor with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV).
(Merimepodib, NCI Thesaurus)
