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Definition of Small cap

1. Noun. A corporation with a small capitalization. "This annual conference is a showcase for ambitious small caps"

2. Noun. A character having the form of an upper-case letter but the same height as lower-case letters.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Small Cap

small bowel disease involving mesentery small bowel disease involving stomach small bowel disease involving terminal ileum small bowel enema small bowel infiltration small bowel lymphoma small bowel nodules small bowel obstruction small bowel series small business

small businesses small businessman small calorie small canal of chorda tympani small cane small cap (current term) small capital small caps small cardiac vein small cell carcinoma

small cell lung cancer small change small circle small civet small clause small clauses small cleaved cell small coal small computer system interface small copper

Literary usage of Small cap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1836)
"A plain small cap covers his head, and a black cloak envelopes his body; no collar is visible. Engraved by De Marcenay, and described from the print. ..."

2. Italian Characters in the Epoch of Unification (1890)
"His dress was elegant—no coat, but a graceful frock or tunic of scarlet and a small cap ornamented with gold. On one side he had one of his cavalry officers ..."

3. Manual of Style: A Compilation of the Typographical Rules in Force at the by University of Chicago Press (1910)
"After Roman numerals in cap, cap-and-small-cap, or small-cap center-heads there should be ... Small- cap headings should have an en-quad between the words; ..."

4. The Insurance Cyclopáedia: Being a Dictionary of the Definition of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1874)
"There is always the fear that when а со. has become a success on a small cap., the cupidity of the proprietors will operate to prevent any extension of this ..."

5. The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being a Dictionary of the Definitions of Terms by Cornelius Walford (1871)
"For instance, if a small select, or class, bus. be intended, of course a small cap. will suffice ; but if a large general bus. be contemplated, an increased ..."

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