Synonyms: majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, capital, capital letter
Definition: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Usage: 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
Similar words: grapheme, graphic symbol, character
Definition: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
Usage: the Greek alphabet has 24 characters
Synonyms: uppercase
Definition: relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Usage: uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc
Similar words: majuscule, capital, great
Definition: uppercase
Usage: capital A; great A; many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script