plural of round bracket

Either of the two characters { and }, i.e., left curly bracket { and right curly bracket }, with the shape of a curved, pointed line, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

(mycology) A polypore mushroom that grows almost exclusively on birch trees, Piptoporus betulinus.

Either of a pair of symbols, [ ], used for various purposes, e.g. to enclose text inserted or replaced by an editor, and to indicate various mathematical operations.

Any of various fungi of the family Polyporaceae, whose fruiting bodies form on trees and resemble shelves.

(taxation) The move towards increased taxation when an inflation adjustment to a wage or salary pushes a taxpayer into a higher tax bracket (or, in a progressive taxation regime, further into a bracket).

The symbol ")". / The right square bracket, "]".

(computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.

(Commonwealth of Nations) A left or open parenthesis ⟨(⟩. / (US) A left or open square bracket ⟨[⟩.

(mathematics) A notation that denotes a number that is 1 if the condition in square brackets is satisfied, and 0 otherwise, i.e. (where P is a true or false statement)