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UPPER CASE LETTER [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Writing Styles
DEF

A letter of the form and sized used as the first letter of a sentence, a proper noun, [or other].

OBS

Capital letters are taller than lowercase letters. For most letters of the alphabet, the capital form is different from the lowercase form.

Key term(s)
  • upper case letter
  • upper case

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Techniques d'écriture
DEF

Lettre qu'on utilise uniquement et obligatoirement au début d'une phrase, d'un nom propre ou d'un vers, qui est plus grande que les autres et dont la forme est plus ou moins différente de celle de sa contrepartie utilisée dans une autre position.

OBS

La lettre majuscule est de taille plus grande que la lettre minuscule. Pour la majorité des lettres de l'alphabet, la forme de la lettre majuscule diffère de sa correspondante minuscule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipografía (Caracteres)
  • Estilos de escritura
DEF

[...] letra que [...] tiene mayor tamaño y por lo general distinta forma[,] se emplea como inicial de nombres propios, en principio de período, después de punto, [u otro].

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Record 2 2014-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
CONT

... although Arpin itself is not required for lamellipodial protrusion or efficient migration, its presence has an important influence on determining the direction a cell or cells can take.

OBS

Protein designations : same as the gene symbol, but not italicized and, depending on species, all in upper case, but at least first letter in upper case.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

La migration cellulaire, la capacité de certaines cellules à se mouvoir, est essentielle à de nombreux processus physiologiques et peut être déréglée dans des contextes pathologiques. [Des chercheurs ont découvert] une protéine régulant la migration cellulaire. Appelée Arpin, elle constitue un frein à la migration et permet également à la cellule de contrôler la direction de sa migration [...] Ces résultats [...] devraient avoir un fort impact sur la recherche contre le cancer. En effet, la migration cellulaire et la formation de métastases sont deux phénomènes étroitement liés.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
DEF

The four-digit station serial number preceded by the number sign [sharp sign] placed in message format line 15 for the purpose of validating a complete message. In ITA 2 code the ASCII number sign is substituted by the letter "H" in upper case. On some ITA 2 machines this will print as [British pound sign] in lieu of [sharp sign].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données

Spanish

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