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in the PONS Dictionary

c

c abbreviation of circa

c
See also

cir·ca [ˈsɜ:kə, Am ˈsɜ:r-] PREP form

C <pl -'s>, c <pl -'s [or -s]> [si:] N

1. C (letter):

C
C [o. c] nt
C for [or Am as in] Charlie

2. C MUS:

C
C [o. c] nt
ces nt <-, ->
Ces nt <-, ->
Cis nt <-, ->
cis nt <-, ->

3. C (school mark):

C
≈ Drei f
C
≈ Vier f CH
C
C
≈ genügend CH

4. C (Roman numeral):

C
C nt <-, ->

C1 <pl -'s [or -s]> [si:] N (symbol for 100)

C2 after n

C abbreviation of Celsius

C
C <-, ->
See also

I. Celsius [ˈselsiəs] N

II. Celsius [ˈselsiəs] ADJ inv

C3

C abbreviation of cancer

the Big C inf
Krebs m <-es, -e>
See also

I. can·cer [ˈkæn(t)səʳ, Am -ɚ] N

1. cancer no pl (disease):

Krebs m <-es, -e>
Brustkrebs m <-es, -e>
Lungenkrebs m <-es> kein pl
Hautkrebs m <-es, -e>

2. cancer (growth):

Krebsgeschwulst f <-, -schwülste>
Karzinom nt <-s, -e>
Krebsgeschwür nt <-(e)s, -e>

II. can·cer [ˈkæn(t)səʳ, Am -ɚ] N modifier

cancer (cell, patient, research):

C N FINMKT

C-in-C [ˌsi:ɪnˈsi:] N

C-in-C abbreviation of Commander-in-Chief

C-in-C
Oberbefehlshaber(in) m (f) <-s, -; -, -nen>

a/c, Am also A/C N no pl

a/c ECON abbreviation of account current

a/c
Konto nt <-s, Kon·ten>

C-cup·per [ˈsi:kʌpəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

c/f

c/f abbreviation of carried forward, abbreviation of carry forward

See also

carry forward VB trans ECON, FIN

to carry sth ⇆ forward
Saldovortrag m <-(e)s, -träge>

c/h N

c/h abbreviation of central heating

c/h
ZH f
See also

cen·tral ˈheat·ing N no pl

ˈC-note N Am sl

c/o

c/o abbreviation of care of

c/o
c/o
c/o

c-sec·tion [ˈsi:ˌsekʃən] N MED

Kaiserschnitt m <-(e)s, -e>

h & c

h & c abbreviation of hot and cold [water]

h. & c.

h & c abbreviation of hot and cold [water]

h & c
k.u.w.

i/c

i/c abbreviation of in charge [of]

i/c
v. D.

L/C N Am

L/C FIN abbreviation of letter of credit

L/C
Akkreditiv nt <-s, -e>
L/C
Kreditbrief m <-(e)s, -e>
See also

let·ter of ˈcred·it N, L/C N

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

cis nt <-, ->
ces nt <-, ->
rhesus antigens (C, c, D, E, e)

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

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low-temperature measurement station with cryogenic storage tank for long-term investigations on mechatronic components under real storage conditions (between -130 °C and -196 °C)
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www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de
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Tieftemperaturmessplatz mit Kryolagerbehälter für Langzeituntersuchungen an mechatronischen Komponenten unter realen Lagerungsbedingungen (zwischen -130 °C und -196 °C)
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A total of 392 houses were assessed and around 40 percent were rated with a ‘C’.
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www.giz.de
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Insgesamt wurden 392 Häuser ausgewertet, etwa 40 Prozent wurden mit „C“ bewertet.
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modified, programmable automatic freezers for materials science and electronic applications down to -180 °C
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www.ibmt.fraunhofer.de
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Modifizierte, programmierbare Einfrierautomaten für materialwissenschaftliche und elektronische Applikationen bis -180 °C
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ccdoc is a tool that generates HTML documentations from C/C++ header files
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www.arcsite.de
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ccdoc ist ein Tool das HTML-Dokumentationen aus C/C++ Header-Dateien generiert
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The average global temperature will rise 0.5-1.5 ° C by 2030.
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www.rolandberger.de
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Die globale Durchschnittstemperatur wird bis zum Jahr 2030 um 0,5-1,5 ° C steigen.
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