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  2. Bracket - Wikipedia

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    and ) are parentheses / p ə ˈ r ɛ n θ ɪ s iː z / (singular parenthesis / p ə ˈ r ɛ n θ ɪ s ɪ s /) in American English, and either round brackets or simply brackets in British English. [1] [4] They are also known as "parens" / p ə ˈ r ɛ n z /, "circle brackets", or "smooth brackets". In formal writing, "parentheses" is also used ...

  3. Bracket (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Braces { } are used to identify the elements of a set. For example, {a,b,c} denotes a set of three elements a, b and c. Angle brackets are used in group theory and commutative algebra to specify group presentations, and to denote the subgroup or ideal generated by a collection of elements.

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Angle bracket, Parenthesis • Bullet: Interpunct ‸ ⁁ ⎀ Caret (proofreading) Caret (computing) (^) Chevron (non-Unicode name) Caret, Circumflex, Guillemet, Hacek, Glossary of mathematical symbols ^ Circumflex (symbol) Caret (The freestanding circumflex symbol is known as a caret in computing and mathematics)

  5. Symbols of grouping - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the expression 3(x+y) the parentheses are symbols of grouping, but in the expression (3, 5) the parentheses may indicate an open interval. The most common symbols of grouping are the parentheses and the square brackets, and the latter are usually used to avoid too many repeated parentheses.

  6. Math symbol brackets - Wikipedia

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    Matrix, uses square brackets and parentheses; Inner product space, uses parentheses and chevrons; See also. Glossary of mathematical symbols

  7. Parenthesis (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, a parenthesis (pl.: parentheses; from the Ancient Greek word παρένθεσις parénthesis 'injection, insertion', literally '(a) putting in beside') or parenthetical phrase is an explanatory or qualifying word, phrase, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage.

  8. Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Extended IPA has adopted bracket notation from conventions transcribing discourse. Parentheses are used to indicate mouthing (silent articulation), as in the common silent sign to hush (ʃːː). Parentheses are also used to indicate silent pauses, for example (...); the length of the pause may be indicated, as in (2.3 sec).

  9. Unicode subscripts and superscripts - Wikipedia

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    Little punctuation is encoded. Parentheses are shown above in the basic block above, and the exclamation mark ꜝ is shown in the IPA table below. A question mark may be created with a superscript gelded question mark and a combining dot: ˀ̣ , although some fonts do not render it properly.