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c
A	noun
	1	coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C
			street names for cocaine
		Category Tree: entity ╚causal agent; cause; causal agency ╚agent ╚drug ╚narcotic ╚hard drug ╚cocaine; cocain ╚coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C
	2	C
			the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚character; grapheme; graphic symbol ╚letter; letter of the alphabet; alphabetic character ╚C
	3	C
			a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚language; linguistic communication ╚artificial language ╚programming language; programing language ╚C
	4	coulomb, C, ampere-second
			a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚unit of measurement; unit ╚electromagnetic unit; emu ╚charge unit; quantity unit ╚coulomb, C, ampere-second
	5	degree Centigrade, degree Celsius, C
			a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚unit of measurement; unit ╚temperature unit ╚degree ╚degree Centigrade, degree Celsius, C ╚standard temperature
	6	hundred, 100, C, century, one C, centred
			ten 10s
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚integer; whole number ╚large integer ╚hundred, 100, C, century, one C, centred
	7	carbon, C, atomic number 6
			an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚chemical element; element ╚carbon, C, atomic number 6 ╚char ╚radiocarbon; carbon 14 ╚fullerene
	8	cytosine, C
			a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚compound; chemical compound ╚base; alkali ╚pyrimidine ╚cytosine, C
	9	deoxycytidine monophosphate, C
			one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚compound; chemical compound ╚organic compound ╚ester ╚nucleotide ╚deoxycytidine monophosphate, C
	10	speed of light, light speed, c
			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
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚magnitude relation; quantitative relation ╚rate ╚speed; velocity ╚speed of light, light speed, c
B	adjective
	1	hundred, a hundred, one hundred, 100, c
			being ten more than ninety

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