coat rack
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats
common racoon
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ North American raccoon
corpuscular-radiation pressure
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave
corpuscular radiation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons)
cosmic microwave background radiation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic background radiation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin
cosmic radiation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ radiation coming from outside the solar system
cyanide radical
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound
cyano radical
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound
cacodyl radical
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the univalent group derived from arsine
Campsis radicans
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers
clock radio
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically
Crookes radiometer
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight
common ragweed
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally
cable railway
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
cog railway
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction
curtain raiser
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any preliminary activity
curtain raiser
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a short play presented before the main play
curtain raising
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews"
croupier's rake
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table