Bracket

Bracket

<table><thead><tr><th>()</th><th>[]</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>brackets (BrE)</td><td>square brackets (BrE)</td></tr><tr><td>round brackets (BrE)</td><td>brackets (AmE)</td></tr><tr><td>parentheses (AmE)</td></tr><tr><td>{}</td><td>⟨⟩</td></tr><tr><td>braces</td><td>angle brackets</td></tr><tr><td>curly braces</td><td>chevrons</td></tr><tr><td>curly brackets (BrE)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Bracket

Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as those used by linguists.

Bracket

Various forms of brackets are used in mathematics, with specific mathematical meanings, often for denoting specific mathematical functions) and subformulas.

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