small capital

small capital

n. Abbr. sc A letter having the form of a capital letter but smaller; for example: small capitals.

small capital

n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a letter having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as a lower-case letter

small′ cap′ital

n. a capital letter of a particular font, having the height of a lowercase x. Also called small′ cap′. [1760–70]

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small capital - a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letterssmall capcapital letter, majuscule, uppercase, upper-case letter, capital - 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"