C4

British  

noun

1. a type of plastic explosive

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Etymology

Origin of C4

C20: from C(omposition) 4

Example Sentences

"I thought the distinctions between the diet of A. deyiremeda and A. afarensis would be harder to identify but the isotope data show clearly that A. deyiremeda wasn't accessing the same range of resources as A. afarensis, which is the earliest hominin shown to make use of C4 grass-based food resources."

From Science Daily

Another of the suspects placed a device filled with C4 explosive on the track, Tusk said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The key to effective defense, experts say, lies in the C4 layer—short for command, control, computing and communication—which identifies intruders and quickly determines the best response.

From The Wall Street Journal

An MRI revealed that a bone spur had developed in her spinal column creating a spinal compression in the C4 vertebrate capable of radiating pain throughout her body, making surgery necessary to mitigate the pain and protect her spinal cord.

From Salon

The mother of another girl who was stabbed but survived the attack, refered to as child C4, also gave evidence.

From BBC