lower case
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lower case
- /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/ UK
Where it comes from
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.
noun lowercase
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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.
Similar: small letter, minuscule
Opposite: uppercase, upper case, majuscule, capital, cap, big letter, block letter
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noun
Opposite: uppercase, upper case, majuscule, capital, cap, big letter, block letter
Translations
Every language
noun lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural)
| Español | minúsculas, caja baja |
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| 한국어 | 소문자 somunja |
| 日本語 | 小文字 komoji |
| 中文 | 小寫 /小写 xiǎoxiě, 小寫字母 /小写字母 xiǎoxiě zìmǔ |
| हिन्दी | छोटा अक्षर choṭā akṣar |
| Português | minúscules |
| Français | minuscules, bas-de-casse, bas de casse |
| Deutsch | Kleinschrift, Kleinschreibung, Kleinbuchstaben, gemeine Buchstaben, Gemeinbuchstaben |
| Italiano | minuscoli |
| Ελληνικά | μικρό γράμμα mikró grámma |
| Română | litere mici |
| Русский | стро́чные бу́квы stróčnyje búkvy, ни́жний реги́стр nížnij regístr, минуску́л minuskúl, ма́ленькие бу́квы málenʹkije búkvy |
| العربية | حَرْف صَغِير ḥarf ṣaḡīr, أَحْرُف صَغِيرَة ʔaḥruf ṣaḡīra, نَسَق صَغِير nasaq ṣaḡīr |
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title = {lower case},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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