lowercase

nouns

the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter
antonym
uppercase

adjectives

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"
lowercase
antonym
uppercase
is similar to
lowercase
"little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters"
little, minuscule, small
see also
of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
minuscular, minuscule