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C
     
C
1 the written abbreviation of
Celsius
or
Centigrade
:
Water boils at 100°C.
2 written informal a way of writing "see", used especially in emails and text messages:
CU (=see you) in class!
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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