What does majuscule mean?
Definitions for majuscule
məˈdʒʌs kyul, ˈmædʒ əˌskyulma·jus·cule
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Princeton's WordNet
capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majusculeadjective
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"
majusculeadjective
of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries
capital, great, majusculeadjective
uppercase
"capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
Wiktionary
majusculenoun
A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
Wikipedia
majuscule
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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majuscule
Majuscule is a term used to refer to large or capital letters, particularly in writing or printing. It's often used to distinguish these larger, uppercase letters from smaller, lowercase letters (also called minuscule).
Webster Dictionary
Majusculenoun
a capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae
Etymology: [Cf. F. majuscule. See Majusculae.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Majuscule
mā-jus′kūl, n. in paleography, a capital or uncial letter:—opp. to Minuscule. [L. majuscula (litera), a somewhat larger letter.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Majuscule
a capital letter found in old Latin MSS. in and before the 6th century.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of majuscule in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of majuscule in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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