noun
- The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.
- synonyms: small letter, lower-case letter, minuscule
adjective
- Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case.
- usage: "lowercase letters; a and b and c etc"
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