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Pronunciation: /siː/

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Definition of C

abbreviation

  • (C.) Cape:C. Hatteras
  • Celsius or centigrade:29°C
  • (in names of sports clubs) City:Lincoln C
  • (C.) British Command Paper (second series, 1870–99).
  • (in Britain) Conservative: Sir Nicholas Fairbairn (C, Perth & Kinross)
  • (©) copyright: © Oxford University Press
  • Physics coulomb(s).
  • Cuba (international vehicle registration).

symbol

  • Physics capacitance.
  • the chemical element carbon.

Phrases

the Big C

informal cancer: I decided I was going to beat this monster, the Big C

C in other Oxford dictionaries

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