Definition of Angle bracket

1. Noun. Either of two punctuation marks ('<' or '>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material.

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

2. Noun. An L-shaped metal bracket.
Exact synonyms: Angle Iron
Generic synonyms: Bracket, Wall Bracket

Definition of Angle bracket

1. Noun. (computing) Either of the two inequality signs of ASCII, < and >, when used as brackets in markup languages like HTML. ¹

2. Noun. (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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angle Bracket

angiotomies
angiotomy
angiotonia
angiotonic
angiotonin
angiotrophic
angiya
angiyas
angklung
angklungs
angle
angle-closure glaucoma
angle-park
angle bisector
angle bisectors
angle bracket
angle brackets
angle closure glaucoma
angle for
angle grinder
angle grinders
angle iron
angle of Fuchs
angle of anomaly
angle of antetorsion
angle of anteversion
angle of aperture
angle of attack
angle of convergence

Literary usage of Angle bracket

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

1. An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt (1842)
"To form an angle bracket to support the plastering of a moulded cornice. ... An angle bracket for a cove (.fig. 725.) may be described in exactly the same ..."

2. The Carpenter's Cyclopedia: Comprising Modern Carpentry, Plain and Advanced by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1913)
"To find the angle-bracket of a cornice for interior and exterior, otherwise reentrant and salient, angles. Let AAA (Pig. 20) be the elevation of the ..."

3. Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical by Robert Stuart (1854)
"D is an angle bracket at an internal angle, which are traced by ordi- ... E, plate С 35, an angle bracket for a plaster cornice, at an internal angle ; fig. ..."

4. Modern Carpentry: A Practical Manual by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1916)
"To find the angle-bracket of a cornice for interior and exterior, otherwise reentrant and salient, angles. Let AAA (Fig. 20) be the elevation of the ..."

5. Modern Carpentry and Joinery by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1906)
"To find the angle-bracket of a cornice for interior and exterior, otherwise reentrant and salient, angles. ..."

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