C
[si]
Definition
(noun.) the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
(noun.) (music) the keynote of the scale of C major.
(noun.) a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system.
Typed by Juan--From WordNet
Definition
(-) The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same.
(-) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written /.
(-) The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle C.
(-) As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.
Typist: Morton
Examples
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at http://pglaf. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My Inglese frend tell to me afterwards dat Inglant is most célébere fore her agriculture! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Their failure to agree c aused the observer to reject one and mark the other as doubtful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I wish continued success to the labours of the Royal Society, and that you may long adorn their chair; being, with the highest esteem, dear sir, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is not until the last thousand years B.C. that we begin to find mounted soldiers, as distinct from charioteers, playing a part in warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He entered the town (538 B.C.), probably as we have already suggested, with the connivance of the priests of Bel. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is even related that in the third century B.C. Buddhist missionaries came from the court of King Asoka in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Qu'est-ce que c'est, Mademoiselle? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nest-ce pas que c'est beau? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He observes on a number of histories of whirlwinds, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The outer case of the instrument, which is a flat cylinder made of sheet iron, is indicated by the letters _c_, _c_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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