brack

Meanings

• noun

  A type of container or enclosure, often used in mathematics and computer science.

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Variants

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bract , bracteal , bracteate , bracted , bracts

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Etymology

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Derived from the Old English word 'brecan', meaning 'to break'. The modern term 'brack' likely comes from the use of the container to enclose or 'brace' objects.

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Trivia

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1. The longest word that can be written using only the letters inside a standard English alphabetical keyboard without using the shift key is 'typewriter'. However, the longest word that can be enclosed within a single set of parentheses (()) is 'pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis', a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles.

2. The term 'bracket' is also used in sports to denote a score that is equal to the previous score.

3. In some older programming languages, such as Fortran, the term 'bracket' was used to denote an array.

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Related Concepts

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1. Parentheses: A specific type of bracket used in mathematics and written as ( ). They are used for grouping and to denote functions.

2. Brackets, square: A type of bracket written as [ ]. They are used to denote sets and intervals in mathematics.

3. Brackets, curly: A type of bracket written as { }. They are used to denote sets and groups in mathematics and computer science.

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Culture

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In mathematics, brackets are used to denote grouping of expressions. In computer science, they are used in programming languages to denote various functions and operations. Brackets have been a fundamental concept in mathematics and computer science for centuries.

How to Memorize "brack"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a set of objects enclosed within a container. This container is what we call a bracket.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'bracket' with the idea of containing or enclosing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Bring Radishes And Carrots To Kitchen' to remember the order of operations when dealing with parentheses: B - Brackets, R - Radicals, A - Addition and Subtraction, C - Multiplication and Division, T - Terms in parentheses.

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