bracket

Definitions

• A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
• (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
• (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
• (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
• Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
• (sports) A printed diagram of games in a tournament.
• (sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
• One of several ranges of numbers.
• (algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
• (military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.
• (typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
• (land surveying) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.