lower case
See also: lowercase and lower-case
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /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
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 capital, small cap
- uppercase, upper case
Translations
lower case letters, collectively
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References
- ↑ Glossary of Typesetting Terms, by Richard Eckersley, Charles Ellerston, Richard Hendel, Page 18
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