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Meanings of lower-case letter in English

Portuguese
letra minúscula
Catalan
lletra minúscula
Spanish
minúscula

The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.

      letra minúscula
      Usage of lower-case letter in English
      1
      In what does the distinction between capital and lower-case letter consist?
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      2
      The numeral 1, the lower-case letter l, the exclamation mark!
      The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002
      3
      Entries for such characters begin with a lower- case letter.
      The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
      4
      In the earlier forms the lower-case letters were rough and uncouth, much resembling the Gothic forms.
      The Uses of Italic / A Primer of Information Regarding the Origi...
      5
      For example, the program might take the user's name and try it in both upper- and lower-case letters.
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      Translations for lower-case letter
      Spanish
      minúscula