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brackets

/ˈbɹækɪts/

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

Examples :

"My dad installed sturdy brackets on the wall to hold up the new bookshelf. "

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

Examples :

"The shelf was attached to the wall using strong metal brackets. "

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

Examples :

"The heavy shelf was secured to the wall with two sturdy wooden brackets. "

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

Examples :

"The cannon's brackets were reinforced to withstand the powerful blast. "

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Any of the characters "(", ")", "[", "]", "{", "}", "<" and ">", used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.

Examples :

"The teacher asked us to solve the equation inside the brackets first. "

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A printed diagram of games in a tournament.

Examples :

""Before the basketball tournament, the coach posted the brackets so everyone could see who they would play first." "

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

Examples :

""Many people fill out brackets predicting the winners of the basketball tournament to compete for a prize." "

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One of several ranges of numbers.

Examples :

"tax bracket, age bracket"

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

Examples :

""The brackets for acceptable room temperature are 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit." "

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In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately.

Examples :

""After observing the first artillery shells fall, one beyond the target and one short, the gunner knew the enemy was within brackets, meaning the next shot had a high chance of hitting." "

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

Examples :

"The thick serifs on that font have very pronounced brackets where the curves meet the vertical strokes. "

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(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.

Examples :

"The 1880 survey team chiseled brackets into the large granite boulder to provide a stable base for their leveling instrument. "

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To support by means of mechanical brackets.

Examples :

"The carpenter brackets the shelf to the wall to ensure it can hold heavy books. "

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To enclose in typographical brackets.

Examples :

"The editor decided to bracket the unclear phrase to indicate that it might need to be rewritten. "

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

Examples :

"I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed."

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To place in the same category.

Examples :

"The school brackets students with similar reading levels into the same small group for tutoring. "

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To mark distinctly for special treatment.

Examples :

"The teacher decided to bracket gifted students for advanced classes. "

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To set aside, discount, ignore.

Examples :

"We need to bracket the cost of the new printer for now and focus on paying the rent. "

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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.

Examples :

"To make sure she got the best photo of the sunset, Maria decided to bracket her shots, taking some that were darker and some that were brighter. "

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(phenomenology) 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.

Examples :

"To understand his fear of public speaking, the student decided to bracket his assumptions about performance and simply observe the physical sensations he experienced when on stage. "

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