code of behavior
— Noun
– English
~ a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
coat of arms
— Noun
– English
~ the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
coefficient of concordance
— Noun
– English
~ a coefficient of agreement (concordance) between different sets of rank orderings of the same set of things
coefficient of absorption
— Noun
– English
~ a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorber; "absorptance equals 1 minus transmittance"
code of conduct
— Noun
– English
~ a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
coefficient of mutual induction
— Noun
– English
~ a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit; usually measured in henries
coefficient of correlation
— Noun
– English
~ a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation); "what is the correlation between those two variables?"
coefficient of elasticity
— Noun
– English
~ (physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body
coat of mail
— Noun
– English
~ armor that protects the wearer's whole body
coefficient of friction
— Noun
– English
~ the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface
community of interests
— Noun
– English
~ agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
Commonwealth of Nations
— Noun
– English
~ an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
Commonwealth of Australia
— Noun
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~ a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
conjunctival layer of eyelids
— Noun
– English
~ the part of the conjunctiva lining the posterior surface of the eyelids; continuous with the bulbar conjunctiva
conservation of matter
— Noun
– English
~ a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
contempt of court
— Noun
– English
~ disrespect for the rules of a court of law
Congressional Medal of Honor
— Noun
– English
~ the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'
conservation of charge
— Noun
– English
~ the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
conservation of electricity
— Noun
– English
~ the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system