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lowercase
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adjective (a)
- relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case(adj.all)Example:
Lowercase letters; a and b and c etc.
source: wordnet30 - Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case,
n. , 3.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case(noun.communication)Synonym:
lower-case letter, minuscule, small letter
Antonym:
capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercasesource: wordnet30
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