Definition of upper-case letter Upper-case letter
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What does upper-case letter mean?
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| upper-case letter - one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" | ||
| capital, capital letter, uppercase, majuscule | ||
| lower-case letter, lowercase, small letter, minuscule the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case | ||
| grapheme, graphic symbol, character (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes | ||
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