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| block letter |
a simple, hand-printed capital letter. [1/2 definitions] |
| cap2 |
a capital letter. [2/3 definitions] |
| capitalize |
to write or print (something) using capital letters or using a capital letter as the initial letter. [1/4 definitions] |
| I-beam |
a steel beam, used for construction, whose cross section resembles the capital letter I in shape. |
| lower case |
in printing, the tray containing the type for the smaller, noncapital letters. (Cf. upper case.) |
| uncial |
(sometimes cap.) of, pertaining to, designating, or in a style of writing in large, rounded capital letters, used esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to eighth century A.D. [1/2 definitions] |
| upper case |
in printing, the tray containing the type for capital letters and special characters. |
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