Bracketing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
  2. 2
    The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
  3. 3
    A technique used to display the internal structure of a string of elements, in a similar manner to that used in mathematics and symbolic logic.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bracket form-of, gerund, participle, present

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