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Definition of Bracket
1. Noun. A category falling within certain defined limits.
Specialized synonyms: Income Bracket, Income Tax Bracket, Tax Bracket, Price Bracket
2. Verb. Support with brackets. "Bracket bookshelves"
3. Noun. Either of two punctuation marks ('<' or '>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material.
4. Verb. Place into brackets. "Please bracket this remark"
5. Noun. Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material.
6. Verb. Classify or group.
7. Noun. A support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf).
Specialized synonyms: Angle Bracket, Angle Iron, Console, Corbel, Truss, Modillion, Sconce, Shelf Bracket
Generic synonyms: Support
Definition of Bracket
1. n. An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.
2. v. t. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.
3. n. A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork.
4. v. t. To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).
Definition of Bracket
1. Noun. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. ¹
2. Noun. (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part. ¹
3. Noun. Generically, any of "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", and, in the area of computer languages, "<", ">". ¹
4. Noun. "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. ¹
5. Noun. (context: technical) "[" and "]" specifically - opposed to the other forms of which have their own technical names. ¹
6. Noun. (sports) ¹
7. Noun. One of several ranges of numbers. ¹
8. Verb. To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets. ¹
9. Verb. To place in the same category. ¹
10. Verb. To mark distinctly for special treatment. ¹
11. Verb. To set aside, discount, ignore. ¹
12. Verb. (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained. ¹
13. Verb. (philosophy phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bracket
1. to classify [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: classify
Medical Definition of Bracket
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bracket
Literary usage of Bracket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Calvin A. Smith, Leander Garey, Matthias Nace Forney (1888)
"bracket. 1. " An angular stay in the form of a knee to support shelves and the like.
... bracket gas-burner. A gas-burner attached to the side of a car. ..."
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