lower caseとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Named for the original arrangement in typesetting, where the drawer or case containing minuscule letters would traditionally be located below the one containing capital letters.^[1]

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/

名詞

lower case (uncountable)

1. The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase または capital letters, A, B, C).

   The strongest passwords are those which mix numbers and letters, upper case and lower case, and symbols.

使用する際の注意点

Pedantically, lowercase and uppercase describe type, minuscule and majuscule handwriting, while small and capital are more generally applied to any letters, including painted, engraved, etc.

同意語

• small letter
• minuscule

反意語

• uppercase, upper case
• majuscule
• capital, cap
• big letter
• block letter

派生語

• lower-case (adjective)

関連する語

• case-dependent, case dependent
• caseless
• case-sensitive, case sensitive
• case-insensitive, case insensitive
• mixed-case, mixed case
• small capitals, small caps
• uppercase, upper case

参照

語源

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkeɪs/

名詞

lowercase (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of lower case

形容詞

lowercase (not comparable)

1. in lower case

動詞

lowercase (三人称単数 現在形 lowercases, 現在分詞 lowercasing, 過去形および過去分詞形 lowercased)

1. (transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.