Lowercase - Definition

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" [ant: uppercase]
n 1: the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a
compositor's type case [syn: small letter, lowercase,
lower-case letter, minuscule] [ant: capital, capital
letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase]