英和和英

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

等位語

• ALL CAPS
• AlTeRnaTinG cApS
• CamelCase
• Initial Caps
• Sentence case
• Title Case

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

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