Uppercases

What does UPPERCASES mean?

Uppercases is a form of UPPERCASE.

1. noun

   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”

2. adjective

   relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case

   “uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.