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Meaning of word lowercase from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
lowercase noun
Meaning : The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
Synonyms : lower-case letter, minuscule, small letter
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.capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase
lowercase adjective
Meaning : Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.
Example :
Lowercase letters; a and b and c etc.
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.uppercase
