lower case
nounUK /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/
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.
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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.
- Synonyms
- small letter, minuscule
- Antonyms
- uppercase, upper case, majuscule, capital, cap, big letter, block letter
- Derived terms
- lower camel case, lower-case, lowercasify
- Related terms
- case-dependent, case dependent, case-insensitive, case insensitive, caseless, case-sensitive, case sensitive, mixed-case, mixed case, small capitals, small caps, uppercase, upper case
- Coordinate terms
- ALL CAPS, AlTeRnaTinG cApS, CamelCase, Initial Caps, Sentence case, Title Case