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The third letter of the .
voiceless palatal plosive.
cardinal number one hundred (100).
(label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
(label) The space of convergent sequences
Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur
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Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
Compatible, accordant.
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(logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
(in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
* 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.
* 1885 Catholic Dictionary 651
As a letter c
is the third letter of the.As a numeral c
is cardinal number one hundred (100).As a symbol c
is carbon.As an adjective consistent is
of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.As a noun consistent is
(in the plural|rare) objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.c
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=b, next=d, image= (wikipedia c)Etymology 1
Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan .Letter
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with (the lunate sigma). * In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” ), based on the following letter. * In a number of languages, it is used only for the sound. * In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch. * In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents .See also
(Latn-script) * Other scripts: , * Letters and symbols with similar shapes: (open O), * For more variations, see . * * (wikipedia "c")Symbol
(Voiceless palatal plosive) (head)Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.Alternative forms
* C,Numeral
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.Derived terms
* English: c-noteSee also
* Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Symbol
(head)See also
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English
(consistency)Adjective
(en adjective)- The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
- He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
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Antonyms
* inconsistent * contradictoryNoun
(en noun)- The Diurnal motion of the primum mobile, is it not from East to West? And the annual motion of the Sun through the Ecliptick, is it not on the contrary from West to East? How then can you make these motions being conferred on the Earth ... to become consistents ?
- The consistentes stand together with the faithful, and do not go out with the catechumens.