WORD MEANING
Angle bracket meaning
ANG-gul BRAK-it · noun
A pair of punctuation marks shaped like less-than (<) and greater-than (>) symbols, used in writing and computing to enclose text or code.
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A metal or plastic bracket shaped like an L used to support or join two parts at a right angle.
In mathematics, symbols used to denote inner products or sequences, such as ⟨ and ⟩.
The term can refer to punctuation marks, hardware components, or mathematical symbols depending on context.
Examples
The programmer used an angle bracket to enclose the HTML tag.
In mathematics, the angle bracket notation is often used to denote inner products.