Толковый словарь английского языка - bracket
Bracket
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I. noun see: breech Date: 1580 an overhanging member that projects from a structure (as a wall) and is usually designed to support a vertical load or to strengthen an angle, a fixture (as for holding a lamp) projecting from a wall or column, 3. one of a pair of marks [ ] used in writing and printing to enclose matter or in mathematics and logic as signs of aggregation, one of the pair of marks < > used to enclose matter, parenthesis 3, brace 5b, a section of a continuously numbered or graded series (as age ranges or income levels), II. transitive verb Date: circa 1847 1. to place within or as if within ~s , to eliminate from consideration , to extend around so as to encompass ; include , to furnish or fasten with ~s, to put in the same category or group , 4. to get the range on (a target) by firing over and short , to establish the limits of , to take photographs of at more than one exposure in order to ensure that the desired exposure is obtained
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n. & v. --n. 1 a right-angled or other support attached to and projecting from a vertical surface. 2 a shelf fixed with such a support to a wall. 3 each of a pair of marks () Etymology: {} used to enclose words or figures. 4 a group classified as containing similar elements or falling between given limits (income bracket). 5 Mil. the distance between two artillery shots fired either side of the target to establish range. --v.tr. (bracketed, bracketing) 1 a couple (names etc.) with a brace. b imply a connection or equality between. 2 a enclose in brackets as parenthetic or spurious. b Math. enclose in brackets as having specific relations to what precedes or follows. 3 Mil. establish the range of (a target) by firing two preliminary shots one short of and the other beyond it. Etymology: F braguette or Sp. bragueta codpiece, dimin. of F brague f. Prov. braga f. L braca, pl. bracae breeches ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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