Definition of Square bracket

1. Noun. Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material.

Exact synonyms: Bracket
Generic synonyms: Punctuation, Punctuation Mark
Derivative terms: Bracket

Definition of Square bracket

1. Noun. Either of a pair of symbols, (unsupported [) (unsupported ]), used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, to indicate various mathematical operations, and to indicate a link in MediaWiki syntax. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Bracket

square-dance
square-dance music
square-eyed
square-pushing
square-rigged
square-rigger
square-riggers
square-root
square-shouldered
square-toed
square and rabbet
square away
square ball
square bashing
square block
square bracket (current term)
square brackets
square centimeter
square centimeters
square centimetre
square centimetres
square circle
square dance
square dancer
square dances
square dancing
square deal
square division
square divisions
square drive

Literary usage of Square bracket

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1899)
"It will be convenient to speak of the dimensions of a square bracket ; thus r will be said to be the dimensions of the square bracket on the left-hand side ..."

2. A Festschrift for Herman Rubin by Anirban DasGupta, Herman Rubin (2004)
"Unlike the bracket process < X, Y >, which exists for all locally square integrable martingales (and therefore all continuous ones), the square bracket ..."

3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1883)
"1-6, These lines ought to have been in a note, but have been run 13, insert square bracket before " The." on in the text by an oversight. ..."

4. Memoir and Scientific Correspondence of the Late Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart by Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1907)
"7 in italics before the square bracket ]. At p. 12 transfer Added May 1879] to the end ... 13 in italics with square bracket thus |£. Added May 1879] At p. ..."

5. The Rate of Interest: Its Nature, Determination and Relation to Economic by Irving Fisher (1907)
"But under our present assumption that i is zuro, the term is not negligible ; on the contrary, it is the first square bracket which now vanishes. ..."

6. The Rate of Interest: Its Nature, Determination and Relation to Economic by Irving Fisher (1907)
"But under our present assumption that i is zero, the term is not negligible ; on the contrary, it is the first square bracket which now vanishes. ..."

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