English noun: C |
1. | C (quantity) a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature |
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| Synonyms | degree Celsius, degree centigrade |
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| Broader (hypernym) | degree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | standard temperature |
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2. | c (time) 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 |
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| Synonyms | light speed, speed of light |
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| Broader (hypernym) | constant, speed, velocity |
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3. | C (substance) a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy |
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| Synonyms | ascorbic acid, vitamin C |
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| Broader (hypernym) | antioxidant, water-soluble vitamin |
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4. | C (substance) one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) |
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| Synonyms | deoxycytidine monophosphate |
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| Broader (hypernym) | base, nucleotide |
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5. | C (substance) a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine |
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| Synonyms | cytosine |
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| Broader (hypernym) | pyrimidine |
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| Substance meronym | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, ribonucleic acid, RNA |
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6. | C (substance) an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds |
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| Synonyms | atomic number 6, carbon |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chemical element, element |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | activated carbon, activated charcoal, adamant, black lead, carbon 14, carbon black, char, charcoal, crock, diamond, fullerene, graphite, lampblack, plumbago, radiocarbon, smut, soot, wood coal |
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| Substance meronym | coal, crude, crude oil, fossil oil, limestone, oil, petroleum, rock oil |
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7. | C (quantity) ten 10s |
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| Synonyms | 100, century, hundred, one C |
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| Broader (hypernym) | large integer |
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8. | C (quantity) a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second |
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| Synonyms | ampere-second, coulomb |
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| Broader (hypernym) | charge unit, quantity unit |
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| Part meronym | abcoulomb, ampere-minute |
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9. | C (communication) a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system |
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| Broader (hypernym) | programing language, programming language |
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10. | C (communication) (music) the keynote of the scale of C major |
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| Broader (hypernym) | keynote, tonic |
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| Domain category | music |
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11. | C (communication) the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet |
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| Member meronym | Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet |
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12. | C (artifact) street names for cocaine |
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| Synonyms | blow, coke, nose candy, snow |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cocain, cocaine |
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