adj
Meaning 1
In lower case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
In lower case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Alternative form of lower case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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verb
To convert (text) to lower case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective
relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: uppercase
noun
the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: small letter, lower-case letter, minuscule
Antonyms: uppercase
Broader terms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol
History
From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to render its syntactical function clearer and simpler, it is written as a single word or with a hyphen as a sort of chunking.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.