"small caps" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: 1856. Compare caps (“capitals”), 1856; small capitals, 1770. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} small caps pl (plural only)
  1. (typography) Capital letters shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters). Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Typography Synonyms: small capitals Derived forms: smallcap [verb] Related terms: upper case, lower case, caps and small caps Translations (font variant): kapitálky [feminine, plural] (Czech), kapitæler [common-gender, neuter, plural] (Danish), kleinkapitaal (Dutch), majuskleto (Esperanto), kapiteeli (Finnish), petite capitale [feminine] (French), Kapitälchen [neuter, plural, singular] (German), kiskapitális (Hungarian), ceannlitreacha beaga [feminine, plural] (Irish), maiuscoletto [masculine] (Italian), kapitalik [masculine] (Polish), versalete [masculine] (Portuguese), капите́ль (kapitɛ́lʹ) [feminine] (Russian), versalita [feminine] (Spanish), капіте́ль (kapitélʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} small caps
  1. (finance) plural of small cap Tags: form-of, plural Form of: small cap Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-small_caps-en-noun-mN8PqcD- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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