LOWERCASE

lowercase

(adjective) relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor’s type case; “lowercase letters; a and b and c etc”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lowercase (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of lower case

Adjective

lowercase (not comparable)

in lower case

Verb

lowercase (third-person singular simple present lowercases, present participle lowercasing, simple past and past participle lowercased)

(transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.

Source: Wiktionary


Low"er-case`, a. (Print.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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