Bracket

Meaning

Noun

●

A

to a

to

a shelf.

●

In Engineering:

Any

that

a

part to a

part, the

part

sideways from the

part.

●

In Nautical:

A

,

a

, used as a support.

●

In Military & Artillery:

The

or

of an

,

the trunnions.

●

In British English:

Any

of

the

characters

"(",

")",

"[",

"]",

"{",

"}",

"<"

and

">",

used

in

pairs

to

enclose

parenthetic

remarks,

sections

of

mathematical

expressions,

etc.

"(" and ")"

, the other

above

for disambiguation.

●

In American English:

Any

of

the

characters

"(",

")",

"[",

"]",

"{",

"}",

"<"

and

">",

used

in

pairs

to

enclose

parenthetic

remarks,

sections

of

mathematical

expressions,

etc.

"[" and "]"

-

the other

, which have their own

names.

●

In Sports:

A

of

in a tournament.

●

In Sports:

A

of the

of

in a

, used for

purposes.

●

One of several

of numbers.

●

In Algebra:

A

of

that

the

and

of a range.

●

In Military & Artillery:

Typically of

, the

by one long and

impact

to be

very accurately.

●

In Typography:

The small

or

by a

and a

in a letter.

●

a

into a

by

to

a bench.

●

Alternative form of

(“drink made with

and honey”)

Verb

●

To support

brackets.

●

To

in

brackets.

●

To

on both

, to

, as

with brackets.

●

To place in the same category.

●

To

for

treatment.

●

To

,

, ignore.

●

In Military:

To

the range of a

by

long of it and

the

between the two to

a very

hit.

●

In Photography:

To take

of the same

, using a range of

, in order to help ensure that a

is obtained.

●

In Philosophy:

In the

system of Edmund Husserl and his

, to

and

what is

in order to focus

on the

of experience.

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