broket /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ n.
[rare; by
analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the
characters < and >, when used as paired enclosing
delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of the phrase
`broken bracket', that is, a bracket that is bent in the middle.
(At MIT, and apparently in the Real World as well, these are
usually called angle brackets.)
[rare; by
analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the
characters < and >, when used as paired enclosing
delimiters. This word originated as a contraction of the phrase
`broken bracket', that is, a bracket that is bent in the middle.
(At MIT, and apparently in the Real World as well, these are
usually called angle brackets.)
Related:
- broket: /broh'k*t/ or /broh'ket`/ [by analogy with `bracket':
a `broken bracket'] n. Either of the characters... - Common: percent; <percent sign>; mod; grapes.
Rare: [double-oh-seven]. & Common: <ampersand>... - angle brackets n.
Either of the characters < (ASCII
0111100) and >
(ASCII 0111110) (ASCII less-than or greater-than... - angle brackets: n. Either of the characters `<' (ASCII
0111100) and `>' (ASCII 0111110) (ASCII less-than or
greater-than signs).
Typographers in the {Real World} use angle brackets... - See a penny, pick it up;
move into a higher tax bracket... - A poem: read aloud:
<> !*''# Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
^`$$- Caret quote back-tick dollar... - Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident,
a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding... - Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident,
a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding... - I wrote my name at the top of the page. I wrote down
the number of the question "1".
After much reflection I put a bracket round it thus...
