⟨ ⟩

See also: 〈 〉

⟨ U+27E8, ⟨ MATHEMATICAL LEFT ANGLE BRACKET ← ⟧ [U+27E7] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A ⟩ → [U+27E9]

⟩ U+27E9, ⟩ MATHEMATICAL RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET ← ⟨ [U+27E8] Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A ⟪ → [U+27EA]

Translingual

Symbol

⟨ ⟩

1. (mathematics) Encloses the inner product of two vectors.

Punctuation mark

⟨ ⟩

1. (linguistics) Encloses orthographic representation.
2. (papyrology, epigraphy) Encloses restored writing that was mistakenly omitted by the original scribe.

Usage notes

In English, these are called angle brackets.

Alternative forms

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Coordinate terms

• / / (for phonemic representation)
• [ ] (for phonetic representation)