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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;
- Example: "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";
[syn: capital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case;
- Example: "uppercase letters X and Y and Z etc"; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uppercase
    adj 1: relating to capital letters which were kept in the top
           half of a compositor's type case; "uppercase letters; X
           and Y and Z etc" [ant: lowercase]
    n 1: 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" [syn: capital, capital letter,
         uppercase, upper-case letter, majuscule] [ant:
         lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small
         letter]