Definitions for capital letter
cap·i·tal let·ter

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1. capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majusculenoun

   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"

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1. capital letternoun

   An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc.

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1. capital letter

   Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (or more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages. The writing systems that distinguish between the upper and lowercase have two parallel sets of letters, with each letter in one set usually having an equivalent in the other set. The two case variants are alternative representations of the same letter: they have the same name and pronunciation and are treated identically when sorting in alphabetical order. Letter case is generally applied in a mixed-case fashion, with both upper and lowercase letters appearing in a given piece of text for legibility. The choice of case is often prescribed by the grammar of a language or by the conventions of a particular discipline. In orthography, the uppercase is primarily reserved for special purposes, such as the first letter of a sentence or of a proper noun (called capitalisation, or capitalised words), which makes the lowercase the more common variant in regular text. In some contexts (e.g. academical), it is conventional to use one case only. For example, engineering design drawings are typically labelled entirely in uppercase letters, which are easier to distinguish individually than the lowercase when space restrictions require that the lettering be very small. In mathematics, on the other hand, letter case may indicate the relationship between mathematical objects, with uppercase letters often representing “superior” objects (e.g., X could be a mathematical set containing the generic member x).

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1. capital letter

   A capital letter, also known as an uppercase letter, is an alphabetic character typically used at the start of a sentence or as the first letter in a proper noun. It is larger and often has a different and more formal design than its corresponding lowercase letter. It is also used to signify importance or emphasis.

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How to pronounce capital letter?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say capital letter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of capital letter in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of capital letter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of capital letter in a Sentence

1. Samuel McChord Crothers:

   A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=capital letter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Capital_Letter
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Letter
4. ^ ChatGPT
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