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- caesarean section — A Caesarean or a Caesarean section is an operation in which a baby is lifted out of a woman's womb through an opening cut in her abdomen.
- capital formation — the net additions to a capital stock in an accounting period
- catastrophization — The act or process of catastrophizing.
- celestial horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
- chemical equation — a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product
- chemical reaction — a process that involves changes in the structure and energy content of atoms, molecules, or ions but not their nuclei
- chest compression — Chest compression is the act of applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation.
- chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
- chord progression — movement from chord to chord
- circular function — trigonometric function (def 1).
- clairaut equation — a differential equation of the form y = xy prime; + f (y prime;).
- clang association — the association made between two words because they sound similar; for example cling and ring
- class distinction — a characteristic that is observed to differ based on social class
- close corporation — a small private limited company
- close punctuation — punctuation in which many commas, full stops, etc, are used
- close the book on — to bring to a definite end
- close the door on — rule out, exclude
- club subscription — an amount of money that someone pays regularly in order to belong to a club
- collateralization — The act or process of collateralizing.
- collected edition — a comprehensive edition of the writings of a particular author.
- colloquialization — The process or result of making colloquial.
- colour separation — the division of a coloured original into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black so that plates may be made for print reproduction. Separation may be achieved by electronic scanning or by photographic techniques using filters to isolate each colour
- colour television — television that broadcasts in real-life colours, as opposed to black and white
- commercialisation — Alternative spelling of commercialization.
- commercialization — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
- compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
- compound fraction — complex fraction
- conceptualisation — The act of conceptualising, or something conceptualised.
- conceptualization — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- concurrent oberon — (language) A concurrent version of Oberon. There is an implementation the Ceres workstation.
- consubstantiation — the doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists within the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
- contextualisation — Alt form contextualization.
- contextualization — The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
- contradistinction — a distinction made by contrasting different qualities
- corel corporation — (company) A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. In January 1989, however they entered the software publishing market with the introduction of CorelDraw. Corel became the second largest maker of personal productivity software in January 1996 when they purchased the WordPerfect family of software from Novell, Inc..
- counter-migration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- counteraccusation — An accusation made in reply to another accusation.
- counterattraction — a rival attraction
- counterirritation — (medicine) The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere.
- counterrevolution — A counterrevolution is a revolution that is intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
- creeping eruption — a skin eruption with intense itching, caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
- cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
- cross-correlation — the correlation between two sequences of random variables in a time series
- cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
- cross-pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another flower by the action of wind, insects, etc
- cross-utilization — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crown corporation — a corporation owned by the federal or a provincial government
- culture diffusion — the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.
- damage limitation — Damage limitation is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.