C — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈeɪsmənts/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈiː/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈiː/

1 syllable Say it as /kˈeɪsmənts/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Parts of Speech

noun	a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
noun	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
noun	a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy
noun	one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
noun	a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
noun	an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
noun	ten 10s
noun	a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
noun	a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
noun	(music) the keynote of the scale of C major
noun	the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
noun	street names for cocaine
adjective	being ten more than ninety

Word Forms

carbonic	adjective	relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
carbonate	verb	turn into a carbonate
carburize	verb	unite with carbon
carburise	verb	unite with carbon
carbonize	verb	unite with carbon
carbonise	verb	unite with carbon

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

do

un grado en la escala centígrada de temperatura

🇷🇺Russian

с

градус по стоградусной шкале температуры

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सी

तापमान के सेंटीग्रेड पैमाने पर एक डिग्री

🇧🇩Bengali

গ

তাপমাত্রার সেন্টিগ্রেড স্কেলে একটি ডিগ্রী

🇮🇳Telugu

సి

ఉష్ణోగ్రత యొక్క సెంటీగ్రేడ్ స్కేల్‌పై డిగ్రీ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಿ

ತಾಪಮಾನದ ಸೆಂಟಿಗ್ರೇಡ್ ಮಾಪಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಡಿಗ್ರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സി

താപനിലയുടെ സെൻ്റിഗ്രേഡ് സ്കെയിലിൽ ഒരു ഡിഗ്രി

East & Southeast Asia

🇰🇷Korean

기음

섭씨 온도 단위의 정도

🇹🇭Thai

ค

องศาของอุณหภูมิระดับเซนติเกรด

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ج

درجة على مقياس درجة الحرارة المئوي

🇮🇷Persian

ج

یک درجه در مقیاس درجه سانتیگراد

🇮🇱Hebrew

ג

מעלה בסולם צלזיוס של טמפרטורה

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