curly bracket
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curly bracket
noun curly brackets
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Either { or }, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry.
Similar: accolade, (Commonwealth) brace, (Commonwealth) curly brace, (US) hooked bracket, moustache, mustache, squiggly, pregnant parenthesis
- Large curly bracket.
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noun either of the two characters: “{” and “}”
| Español | llave, corchete tipo ballesta |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 波形括號 /波形括号 bōxíng kuòhào |
| Português | chave, chaveta, colchete |
| Français | accolade |
| Deutsch | geschweifte Klammer, Schweifklammer |
| Italiano | parentesi graffa, graffa |
| Ελληνικά | μύστακας mýstakas, άγκιστρο ágkistro |
| Română | acoladă |
| Русский | фигу́рная ско́бка figúrnaja skóbka |
| Tiếng Việt | dấu ngoặc nhọn |
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