HyperDic: lowercase

English > 2 senses of the word lowercase:
ADJECTIVEalllowercaserelating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case
NOUNcommunicationlowercase, small letter, lower-case letter, minusculethe characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
English > lowercase: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningrelating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.
Example"lowercase letters
Narrowerlittle, minuscule, smalllowercase
See alsominuscule, minuscularOf or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial
Oppositeuppercaserelating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Spanishminúscula
Catalanminúscula
English > lowercase: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
Synonymssmall letter, lower-case letter, minuscule
Broadercharacter, graph, grapheme, graphic symbolA written symbol that is used to represent speech
Oppositecapital, capital letter, uppercase, upper-case letter, majusculeOne of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Spanishcaja baja, letra minúscula, minúscula
Catalancaixa baixa, lletra minúscula, minúscula

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