angle bracket

English

Noun

angle bracket (plural angle brackets)

1. (computing) Either of the two inequality signs of ASCII, < and >, when used as brackets in markup languages like HTML.
2. (typography, mathematics) Either of a pair of symbols, ⟨ and ⟩, used to enclose text in various technical contexts, and in mathematical formulas to denote an interval or a continuous parameter.

Synonyms

• (computing): wicket
• (Typographic and mathematical symbols): chevrons

Translations

type of bracket

• Catalan: clau angular (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尖括号 (cmn), 尖括號 (cmn) (jiānkuòhào), 角括號 (cmn), 角括号 (cmn) (jiǎokuòhào)

• Czech: lomená závorka (cs) f
• Dutch: hoekanker (nl) n

• Finnish: kulmasulku (fi)
• French: chevron (fr) f
• Greek: γωνιώδης αγκύλη (el) (goniódis agkýli) f
• Russian: угловая скобка (ru) (uglovája skóbka) f
• Spanish: corchete angular (es) m or paréntesis angular (es) m
• Swedish: vinkelparentes (sv) c

See also

• square bracket
• brace
• bracket
• curly bracket
• parenthesis