Definition of Brackets. Meaning of Brackets. Synonyms of Brackets

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Definition of Brackets

Bracket
Bracket Brack"et, n. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork.
Bracket
Bracket Brack"et, v. t. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object).
Bracket
Bracket Brack"et, n. [Cf.OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr.L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches.] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. Note: This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut. 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc.
Bracket
Bracket Brack"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bracketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracketing] To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets.

Meaning of Brackets from wikipedia

- or diagonal brackets used by linguists to enclose phonemes. Brackets are typically deplo**** in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified...
- In mathematics, brackets of various typographical forms, such as parentheses ( ), square brackets [ ], braces { } and angle brackets ⟨ ⟩, are frequently...
- p){\displaystyle (q,p)}, giving the desired result. Poisson brackets deform to Moyal brackets upon quantization, that is, they generalize to a different...
- formats have different brackets; the simplest and most common is that of the single-elimination tournament. The name "bracket" is American English, derived...
- tax brackets are the cutoff values for taxable income—income past a certain point is taxed at a higher rate. Imagine that there are three tax brackets: 10%...
- bracket types, including lintel brackets, dentil brackets, gable brackets, balcony brackets, beam brackets, and rafter brackets. Specialized brackets...
- Bracket creep is usually defined as the process by which inflation pushes wages and salaries into higher tax brackets, leading to fiscal drag. However...
- Bracket racing is a form of drag racing that allows for a handicap between predicted elapsed time of the two cars over a standard distance, typically...
- "The Bracket" is the 14th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 58th overall. It originally aired on March 31...
- "grain" or image noise. It is also possible to apply a type of ISO bracketing which brackets the signal gain while maintaining a constant level of brightness...