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Lower case
/ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/
The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).
📖 Definitions of "Lower case"
noun
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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."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lower case"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lower-case letternoun | the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case |
| small letternoun | A lower-case letter, (a, b, c, as opposed to A, B, C), normally used in a text. |
| lowercaseverb | (transitive) To convert (text) to lower case. |
| diminutivenoun | Very small. |
| tinynoun | Very small. |
| minusculenoun | Very small; tiny. |
| teeny | (informal) Very small; tiny. |
| miniscule | (usually proscribed) Alternative form of minuscule. [Written in minuscules, lowercase.] |
| itty-bittynoun | (slang) A small breast. |
| sensitivenoun | (of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt. |
| uppercasenoun | Written in upper case; capital. |
| minutenoun | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
| weenoun | (UK, colloquial) To urinate. |
| upper casenoun | The capital letters A, B, C, ... as opposed to the small letters a, b, c, .... |
| small capsnoun | (typography) Capital letters shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters). |
| letter casenoun | (typography, uncountable) The distinction between majuscule (uppercase) and minuscule (lowercase) letters. |
| capital letternoun | An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, for starting sentences and proper names, etc. |
| small capitalsnoun | (typography) Synonym of small caps. |
| noncapital | Not capital (in various senses). |
| carolingian minusculenoun | (calligraphy, historical) A script developed to standardise writing in the Latin alphabet throughout the Holy Roman Empire, used between approximately 800 and 1200 CE. |
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