bracket vs curly bracket

bracket

noun
  • The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter. 

  • The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions. 

  • "[" and "]" specifically - as opposed to the other forms, which have their own technical names. 

  • One of several ranges of numbers. 

  • A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range. 

  • A printed diagram of games in a tournament. 

  • A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes. 

  • Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part. 

  • A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 

  • "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. 

  • Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately. 

  • A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. 

verb
  • To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets. 

  • To set aside, discount, ignore. 

  • To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit. 

  • To place in the same category. 

  • To enclose in typographical brackets. 

  • In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience. 

  • To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained. 

  • To support by means of mechanical brackets. 

  • To mark distinctly for special treatment. 

curly bracket

noun
  • Either of the two characters { and }, i.e., left curly bracket { and right curly bracket }, with the shape of a curved, pointed line, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry. 

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