Square bracket

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.

    "We must, in short, employ a special bracket for operative relations ; and the square bracket is the most convenient. Hence [a + bβ] x denotes that a + bβ operates on x, and [φ]ⁿ denotes that φ operates on itself n - 1 times."

  2. 2
    either of two punctuation marks (‘[’ or ‘]’) used to enclose textual material wordnet

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