angle bracket

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === angle bracket (plural angle brackets) Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets. (computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages. (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. (typography) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation. (terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used. (engineering) an object used to connect two other objects at an angle ==== Synonyms ==== (computing): wicket (typographic and mathematical symbols): chevron ==== Translations ==== === See also ===