Found 3 items, similar to Bracket.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: bracket tanda kurung
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bracket bracket v 1: support with brackets; “bracket bookshelves” 2: place into brackets; “Please bracket this remark” [syn: bracket out ] 3: classify or group bracket n 1: a category falling within certain defined limits 2: either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material [syn: square bracket] 3: either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') sometimes used to enclose textual material [syn: angle bracket] 4: an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bracket Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. [1913 Webster] Note: This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. [1913 Webster] 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. [1913 Webster] 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. [1913 Webster] 7. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. [1913 Webster] Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bracketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracketing] 1. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]