Angle bracket
one of two marks < or > used in printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.
noun
either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
character
Either of the characters “<" (less-than, ASCII 60) and ">” (greater-than, ASCII 62). Typographers in the Real World use angle brackets which are either taller and slimmer (the ISO “Bra” and “Ket” characters), or significantly smaller (single or double guillemets) than the less-than and greater-than signs.
See broket.
(1995-11-24)
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