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square bracket
[ skwair brak-it ]
noun
- Printing. one of two marks [ or ] used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc. Compare curly bracket ( def ).
square bracket
noun
- either of a pair of characters [ ], used to enclose a section of writing or printing to separate it from the main text
- Also calledbracket 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of square bracket1
First recorded in 1885–90
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