capital letter

noun

1. a letter of the alphabet that usually differs from its corresponding lowercase letter in form and height, as A, B, Q, and R as distinguished from a, b, q, and r : used as the initial letter of a proper name, the first word of a sentence, etc.

Example Sentences

If the capital letter S were cut into two parts, and the bottom half attached to the top half, it would make a nought .

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Bell and Morris here print elde with a capital letter, shewing that they did not make out the sense.

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It represents the capital letter at the beginning of that long line which forms the front of the town towards the sea.

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The capital letter "D" in Dallas is characterized by a staff or downstroke slanting at about a 30 angle.

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By comparing this with the original card issued in the name "Oswald" is seen the lower portion of the capital letter "I."

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