Cedilla vs. C

Cedilla vs. C — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Cedilla and C

Cedillanoun

(orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark ⟨¸⟩ sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.

Cadverb

alternative form of c.

Cedillanoun

a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s

Cnoun

a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature

Cnoun

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

Cnoun

one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)

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Cnoun

a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine

Cnoun

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

Cnoun

ten 10s

Cnoun

a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second

Cnoun

a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system

Cnoun

the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet

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Cnoun

street names for cocaine

Cadjective

being ten more than ninety