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