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C is the third letter of the Roman alphabet. In the Etruscan language, plosive consonants had no distinctive voicing, so they took over Greek &Gamma (Gamma) to write their /k/. In the beginning, the Romans used C for both /k/ and /g/, only later adding a horizontal bar at right-center to produce G. It is possible but uncertain that C represented only /g/ at an even earlier time, while K might have been used for /k/.

Charlie represents the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Some scholars claim that the Semitic ג (gîmel) pictured a camel. /k/ developed palatal and velar allophones in Latin, probably due to Etruscan influence. Therefore, C has many different sound values today, among them /k/ and /s/ in French, /k/ and /T/ (like English TH in THIN) in European Castilian, /T/ in Fijian, /k/ an/ (like English CH) in Italian, / in Turkish, Tatar, Azeri/ in Czech, Esperanto and so on.

In context, CC programming language

  • Vitamin C

  • A musical note; see also Middle C
  • A symbol for carbon in chemistry
  • c is the SI prefix for centi meaning 1/100.
  • The Roman numeral for 100 (centum in Latin)
  • A symbol for coulomb, the SI derived unit for electric charge.
  • In mathematics
  • The speed of light, c
  • The stock symbol for Citigroup
  • With a bar through it and in lower case, a symbol for cent, thus: ¢.
  • A standard size dry cell battery.
  • The control grid bias power supply (originally a battery) of vacuum tube circuitry.
  • "see" in SMS or instant message
  • The variable for capacitance
  • The length of a hypoteneuse on a right-angled triangle.

  • Two-letter combinations starting with C:




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