lowercase

[ loh-er-keys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of an alphabetic letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper noun, of the first word in a sentence, etc.
The lowercase letters a, b, q, and r have more distinctive shapes than their uppercase counterparts, A, B, Q, and R.
Printing. pertaining to or belonging in the lower case, such as i, p, or d. Compare case ²( def 8 ).

, low·er·cased, low·er·cas·ing.

First recorded in 1675–85; lower ¹( def ) + case ²( def ) (in the sense “a tray divided into compartments for holding types for a compositor to use”)

The lowercase ‘i’ is meant to emphasize individual submission.

Thus the lowercase f and y and the uppercase Q are shorn of their due proportions.

Numbers and dates in lowercase Roman numerals often end in a “j,” signifying “i.”

He used combinations of uppercase and lowercase letters in two sizes in the inscriptions on the clock dial and in his writings.

Chipping Walden, of the Saxon word ᵹipping (or ghipping) uses the insular 'g' (ᵹ), variant of (lowercase) yogh (ȝ).

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