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square bracket

square bracket noun: either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.

Noun

square bracket (plural square brackets)

  1. Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.
    • She said that she "believe[s] that everything happens for a reason."
    • We must, in short, employ a special bracket for operative relations ; and the square bracket is the most convenient. Hence [a + bβ] x denotes that a + bβ operates on x, and [φ]ⁿ denotes that φ operates on itself n - 1 times.1905, Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, page 33

square bracket meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada

square bracket in Tamil

சதுரடை, சதுர அடைப்புக்குறி, இருதலைப்பகரங்கள்

square bracket in Marathi

symbol [ or ]
चौकटी कंस caukṭī kausa, चौकोनी कंस caukonī kausa

square bracket in Malayalam

symbol [ or ]
കോഷ്ഠം kōṣṭhaṁ

square bracket in Kannada

ಚೌಕ ಒಂಡಿ
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square bracket in Tagalog
panalikop
square bracket in Malay
tanda kurung siku
square bracket in Vietnamese
dấu ngoặc vuông

Forms of square bracket

pluralsquare brackets

Questions about square bracket

What does square bracket mean?
Square bracket means either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.
What is square bracket in Tamil?
Square bracket in Tamil is சதுரடை, சதுர அடைப்புக்குறி, இருதலைப்பகரங்கள். See Square bracket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is square bracket?
Square bracket is a noun.
What is the plural of square bracket?
The plural of square bracket is square brackets.

Words near square bracket in the dictionary

  1. square around
  2. square away
  3. square ball
  4. square balls
  5. square bashing
  6. square bracket
  7. square brackets
  8. square breathing
  9. square centimeter
  10. square centimeters
  11. square centimetre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: square bracket (page history and authors); square bracket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); square bracket (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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