the third letter of the alphabet

a shape like that of a letter C

C-springs

the first note of the diatonic scale of C major, the major scale having no sharps or flats

the Roman numeral for 100

a computer programming language originally developed for implementing the Unix operating system

Cape

C. Hatteras

Celsius or centigrade

29°C

(in names of sports clubs) City

Lincoln C

Command Paper (second series, 1870–99)

(in Britain) Conservative

Sir Nicholas Fairbairn (C, Perth & Kinross)

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coulomb(s)

Cuba (international vehicle registration)

capacitance

the chemical element carbon

(on scorecards) caught by

ME Waugh c Lara b Walsh 19

cent(s)

they cost 25c each

(in units of measurement) centi-

centistokes (cS)

century or centuries

a watch case, 19th c

(preceding a date or amount) circa; approximately

Isabella was born c.1759

(of water) cold

all bedrooms have h & c

colt

the speed of light in a vacuum

E = mc²

the ability of a system to store an electric charge

the chemical element of atomic number 6, a non-metal which has two main forms (diamond and graphite) and which also occurs in impure form in charcoal, soot, and coal

carbon dioxide or other gaseous carbon compounds released into the atmosphere, associated with climate change

the level of carbon in the atmosphere has been consistently rising

fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions continued to rise

the SI unit of electric charge, equal to the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by a current of one ampere

of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100° under standard conditions

a temperature of less than 25° Celsius