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LOWERCASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Synonyms:
lower-case letter; lowercase; minuscule; small letter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lowercase" is a kind of...):
character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)
Antonym:
uppercase (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Similar:
little; minuscule; small (lowercase)
Also:
minuscular; minuscule (of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries)
Antonym:
uppercase (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case)
