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lower-case
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lower-case, a.
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. [1913 Webster]
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