cephalization
neurosci. The concentration of sense organs, nervous control, etc., at the anterior end of the body, forming a head and brain, both during evolution and in the course of an […]
cephalopod
biol. Any of various ocean mollusks, such as an octopus, squid, or nautilus, having long arms or tentacles around the mouth, a large head, a pair of large eyes, and […]
Cepheid variable star
phys. Any of a class of variable stars with regular cycles of variations in luminosity (most ranging from three to fifty days). There is a relationship between the periods of […]