Lowercase

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  lowercase \low"er*case`\, 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; as, lowercase letters a and b and c etc..
     Contrasted with {uppercase}. See the Note under 1st {Case},
     n., 3.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lowercase
       adj : 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}]