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Q&A Capitalization with compound nouns starting with a number

Consider the technical term 4-terminal: if I were to start a paragraph with this term, or using it as column heading in a table, would I have to capitalize the t or not? My understanding is that ...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Massimo Ortolano‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/12900
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Massimo Ortolano‭ · 2019-12-08T03:45:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
Consider the technical term _4-terminal_: if I were to start a paragraph with this term, or using it as column heading in a table, would I have to capitalize the _t_ or not?

My understanding is that it should not be capitalized because it is the _4_ which counts as first symbol, but maybe I am wrong.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-09-16T20:31:48Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 2