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A Cassette-player is a container holding a roll of tape or film stored on two cores.

CAD is the acronym of --->Computer-Aided Design

Cashmere comes from the inner coat hair of an Asian cashmere goat.

Carp refers to an herbivorous freshwater fish (Cyprinus carpio) originally from Asia that is frequently bred in ponds and lakes. The carp was also introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds.

Carbon brush is being used to transfer electrical current from a moving (usually rotating) to a stationary point within an electric circuit.

Controlled conditions is described as a non-natural environment that is intensively manipulated by human intervention for the purpose of plant production.

Crude oil is described as a mixture of thousands of chemicals and compounds, primarily hydrocarbons.

A Compact disc-read-only-memory (CD-ROM) refers to both the media and the format for storing digital data (computer files or music information) on compact discs. Because of its high information density, an ordinary CD-ROM can be used to store up to 680MB of digital information.

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Cassette-player

CAD

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Controlled condition

Crude oil

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