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Meaning
Noun
●
A
clause
,
phrase
or
word
which is
inserted
(usually for
explanation
or
amplification
) into a
passage
which is already
grammatically
complete
, and usually
marked off
with
brackets
,
commas
or dashes.
●
In Punctuation marks:
Either of a
pair
of
brackets
, especially
round brackets
, ( and ) (used to
enclose
parenthetical
material
in a text).
●
In Rhetoric:
A
digression
; the use of such
digression
s.
●
In Logic & Mathematics:
Such
brackets
as used to
clarify
expressions
by
grouping
those terms
affected
by a common
operator
, or to
enclose
the
components
of a
vector
or the
elements
of a matrix.
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