Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

c-string

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: c-string
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman's scanty undergarment resembling a G-string but having a curved (C-shaped) wire that runs between the buttocks.

noun

A C-style string.

noun

A string on a musical instrument tuned to the note C.

Example Sentences

"We also said that C-strings are null terminated, so the C-string "Hello" has six characters even though only five are enclosed in double quotation marks."

Etymology

Blend of C + G-string.

Inflected Forms

C-strings (plural)

Questions

What does c-string mean?: A woman's scanty undergarment resembling a G-string but having a curved (C-shaped) wire that runs between the buttocks.
Where does c-string come from?: Blend of C + G-string.

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