lowercase

Speech parts

1. lowercase - Noun

2. lowercase - Adjective

3. lowercase - Verb

Meaning

the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case

relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

minuscule small letter lower-case letter common small character little low short capital letter sign minor brief baby
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Antonyms

uppercase great capital corking distinguished dense
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Hypernyms

character graph grapheme graphic symbol

Phrases with the word

lowercase letter change to lowercase lowercase letters convert to lowercase lettered lowercase

Examples

Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming. Merlin Mann

lowercase letters; a and b and c etc Source: Internet

Although the modification needed to be disabled for Level II BASIC, its design became the industry standard and was widely sold in kit form, citation along with a character chip with descenders for the lowercase letters. Source: Internet

Another method consists of simple variations on the existing alphabet; uppercase, lowercase, upside down, etc. More artistically, though not necessarily more securely, some homophonic ciphers employed wholly invented alphabets of fanciful symbols. Source: Internet

Also, the Italian word for village (paese with lowercase P) must not be confused with the Italian word for country/nation (Paese usually with uppercase P). Source: Internet

Another convention capitalizes "Earth" when appearing as a name (e.g. "Earth's atmosphere") but writes it in lowercase when preceded by the (e.g. "the atmosphere of the earth"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lowerable lowerarchy lowerCamelCase lowercase letter lowercase letters lowercased