lower case
See also: lowercase and lower-case
lower case - English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/
Noun
- The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).
- The strongest passwords are those which mix numbers and letters, upper case and lower case, and symbols.
Usage notes
Pedantically, lowercase and uppercase describe type, minuscule and majuscule handwriting, while small and capital are more generally applied to any letters, including painted, engraved, etc.
Synonyms
- small letter
- minuscule
Antonyms
- uppercase, upper case
- majuscule
- capital, cap
- big letter
- block letter
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- lower-case (adjective)
Related terms
- case-dependent, case dependent
- caseless
- case-sensitive, case sensitive
- case-insensitive, case insensitive
- mixed-case, mixed case
- small capitals, small caps
- uppercase, upper case
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