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English Dictionary: lowercase by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lowercase
adj
  1. 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"
    Antonym(s): uppercase
n
  1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    Synonym(s): small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule
    Antonym(s): capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lower-case \Low"er-case`\, a. (Print.)
      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.
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