ALL meanings of bracket
brack·et
B b - transitive verb bracket artillery: adjust fire 1
- noun bracket Gunnery. range or elevation producing both shorts and overs on a target. 1
- verb with object bracket to furnish with or support by a bracket or brackets. 1
- verb with object bracket to place within brackets; couple with a brace. 1
- verb with object bracket to associate, mention, or class together: Gossip columnists often bracket them together, so a wedding may be imminent. 1
- verb with object bracket Gunnery. to place (shots) both beyond and short of a target. 1
- verb with object bracket Photography. to take (additional shots) at exposure levels above and below the estimated correct exposure. 1
- noun bracket A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. 0
- noun bracket (engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part. 0
- noun bracket (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 0
- noun bracket (military) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. 0
- noun bracket Any of the characters "(", ")", ". 0
- noun bracket "(" and ")" specifically, the other forms above requiring adjectives for disambiguation. 0
- noun bracket (technical) ". 0
- noun bracket (sports) Printed diagram of games in a tournament. 0
- noun bracket (sports) Prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes. 0
- noun bracket One of several ranges of numbers. 0
- noun bracket (military) In artillery, the endangered region between two shell impacts (one long and one short). The next shell fired is likely to hit accurately. 0
- verb bracket To bound on both sides, to surround as enclosing with brackets. 0
- verb bracket To place in the same category. 0
- verb bracket To mark distinctly for special treatment. 0
- verb bracket To set aside, discount, ignore. 0
- verb bracket (photography) To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained. 0
- verb bracket (philosophy, phenomenology) In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience. 0