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A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.
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(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.
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(nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
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(military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions.
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Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.
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(sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.
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(sports) A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes.
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One of several ranges of numbers.
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(algebra) A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range.
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(military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
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(typography) The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter.
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(land surveying, 19th century) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench.