angle bracket
nounUK /ˈæŋ.ɡəl ˌbrækɪt/
› Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.
Mathematics, Media, Publishing, Sciences, Typography 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.
Media, Publishing, Typography Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation.
Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.
Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences an object used to connect two other objects at an angle
- Related terms
- brace, bracket, curly bracket, guillemet, lenticular bracket, parenthesis, square bracket