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small capital

smɔl ˈkæpɪtəl
WordNet
Pipe wrench whose flat, palm-shaped handle with three openings rests on a dice-like capital. The small beard has a notch.
Pipe wrench whose flat, palm-shaped handle with three openings rests on a dice-like capital. The small beard has a notch.
  1. (n) small capital
    a character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters
Usage in the news

Edward Lowe Industries Inc helps small manufacturers with advice and capital. inc.com

AUSTIN — An approaching deadline for writing checks to politicians has kept the state capital's caterers busy and cranked up an e-blizzard of reminders to both special-interest groups and small donors. dallasnews.com

Small Business Administration Focuses on Three C's: Capital, Contracting and Counseling. ksmu.org

Crony capitalism hits Uber small business. ashingtontimes.com

Yesterday, we spoke of the importance of access to capital and small business loans. forbes.com

"This is just one more step we are taking to make sure small businesses have access to capital to keep their doors open and employees working during these tough economic times," SBA chief Karen Mills stated. entrepreneur.com

For a day at least, a small section of downtown Wheeling looked like the fashion capital of the world. theintelligencer.net

0 Don M Griffith, chairman of Grandpoint Capital, which was formed in 2008 to take over small business banks. latimes.com

Small government and capitalism will be the focus of a new city being put together by a private firm. kfyo.com

Could Kentucky's biggest city end up taking a cue from the state's small-town capital. state-journal.com

The airport, which can even accommodate small private jets, isn't big enough to worry officials who fret over the use of planes to attack the nation's capital, according to owner David Wartofsky. airportbusiness.com

In fact, this small hometown became known as the "Bed Race Capital of the World" as years progressed. thepostandmail.com

Capitalizing on Small Class Sizes . districtadministration.com

Small -growth portfolios focus on faster-growing companies whose shares are at the lower end of the market-capitalization range. usnews.com

School board members say the Clark County School District will suffer if legislators take away funds used to make small capital improvements throughout the district. lvrj.com

Usage in scientific papers

Chiralities under the 4D Lorentz group have been denoted with L, R, while small q ’s (capital Q’s) denote doublets under SU(2)L (SU(2)R ).
The Minimal Composite Higgs Model and Electroweak Precision Tests

This places the next k bits of S in a small (on average) subset of {0, 1}k , namely, those strings on which d increases its capital above a certain rational threshold c, which is chosen to be slightly smaller than d(S ↾ (n+ k)), the amount of capital made after the next k bits of S .
Dimension Extractors and Optimal Decompression

We will write small letters for capital letters modulo a relation: for example, a below is defined as A + (A3 − B 2).
Infinitely generated Derksen and Makar-Limanov invariant

We use capital ∆’s to emphasize that these changes are small, but finite, due to the discreteness of the area spectrum and the fact that the Hamiltonian acts at punctures.
Newtonian gravity in loop quantum gravity

Points are denoted by small Latin letters, sets of points by capital Latin letters, and real numbers by Greek letters.
On the perimeters of simple polygons contained in a disk

Usage in literature

It is an interesting fact that of the small number of capital ships lost or disabled, four were flagships. "The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8)"

Now for Mr. Watkinson's history, which he prints in small capitals, probably to show it is the real, unadulterated article. "Flowers of Freethought" by George W. Foote

They work on a small capital, seldom over L50,000 each, and do a small but profitable business by selling their drafts on distant places. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2" by Various

Beginning life in a new country with small capital involves many years of hard work and strict economy, perhaps privation and loneliness. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880." by Various

This capitalization does not seem so large, when we consider the small individual holdings. "Solaris Farm" by Milan C. Edson

Suddenly the merchant lost his fortune, the sole property which remained to him being a small house in the country, a long way from the capital. "Old-Time Stories" by Charles Perrault

Sutphen with a small force occupies Markos due east of the capital. "Trusia" by Davis Brinton

The starving and dying defenders were shut up in a small section of less than one fourth of the capital. "Hernando Cortez" by John S. C. Abbott

I sometimes set up for a wit when I can do it on a small capital. "Helen Grant's Schooldays" by Amanda M. Douglas

A small column without base or capital. "St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1886, No. 7." by Various