angle bracket

English

Noun

angle bracket (plural angle brackets)

1. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.
   1. (computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.
   2. (typography, mathematics) Either of a pair of symbols, ⟨ ⟩, used to enclose text in various technical contexts, and in mathematical formulas to denote an interval or a continuous parameter.
   3. (typography) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation.
   4. (terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.

Synonyms

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

Translations

type of bracket

• Catalan: clau angular f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: lomená závorka f
• Dutch: hoekanker n
• Finnish: kulmasulku
• French: chevron (fr) m
• German: spitze Klammer f

• Greek: γωνιώδης αγκύλη f (goniódis agkýli)
• Hungarian: csúcsos zárójel (hu), kúpos zárójel, horpadt zárójel
• Italian: parentesi angolare f, parentesi angolata f
• Japanese: 山括弧
• Portuguese: parênteses angulares m pl
• Russian: углова́я ско́бка f (uglovája skóbka)
• Spanish: corchete angular m, antilambda (es) m, diple f
• Swedish: vinkelparentes (sv) c

See also

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