square bracket

[ skwair-brak-it ]

noun
  1. Printing. one of two marks [ or ] used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.: Compare curly bracket.

Origin of square bracket

1
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby square bracket

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British Dictionary definitions for square bracket

square bracket

noun
  1. either of a pair of characters [ ], used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text

  2. Also called: bracket either of these characters used as a sign of aggregation in mathematical or logical expressions indicating that the expression contained in the brackets is to be evaluated first and treated as a unit in the evaluation of the whole

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