angle bracket

English
bronze angle bracket

Noun

angle bracket (plural angle brackets)

  1. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.
    1. (computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.
    2. (typography, mathematics) Either of a pair of symbols, ⟨ ⟩, used to enclose text in various technical contexts, and in mathematical formulas to denote an interval, a continuous parameter or an inner product.
    3. (typography) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation.
    4. (terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.
    5. (engineering) an object used to connect two other objects at an angle

Synonyms
  • (computing): wicket
  • (typographic and mathematical symbols): chevrons

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