C is the third letter in the Latin alphabet
C may also refer to:
Computing
Technology
- C battery (size)
- C battery (type), grid bias battery for vacuum tube radios
- Battery charging rate. Signifies a charge or discharge rate equal to the capacity of a battery divided by 1 hour. For example C for a 1600 mAh battery would be 1600 mA (or 1.6 amps). 2C is twice this rate and 1/2C is half the rate.
- C-clamp, a type of fastener
- C band, radio frequency band from 4 GHz to 6 GHz
Science
- Vitamin C
- Haplogroup C (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
- Haplogroup C (Y-DNA), a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup
- C1 to C7, cervical vertebrae
- C, chemical symbol for carbon
- C, a prefix for astronomical objects listed in the Caldwell catalogue
- c, the speed of light in a vacuum
- c, the speed of sound
- c, the specific heat of a substance
- Cytosine, nucleic acid
- C, Capacitance
Transportation
Symbols
Mathematics
Measurement
- c., or circa, an approximate date or other value
- °C, degrees Celsius
- C, for Carat (purity)
- c, Centi-, an SI prefix
- C, Coulomb, the SI derived unit for electric charge
- c, Cup (unit), a unit of volume
People
- C, alias for Mansfield Smith-Cumming (1859-1923), Chief of the SIS, the UK Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6
Other uses
See also
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