单词 | greater-than sign |
释义 | > as lemmasgreater-than sign greater-than sign n. the symbol >, typically used in mathematical contexts to denote that the quantity on the left of the sign is larger than the quantity on the right of it; cf. less-than sign n. at less adj., adv., pron., n., and prep. Compounds.The signs < and > were invented by Thomas Harriot before 1621 (see Artis analytica praxis (1631) 10). ΚΠ 1885 J. Jackson Pract. Arithm. 40 (table) > read ‘is greater than’, sign of inequality.] 1953 Jrnl. Mech. & Physics Solids 1 222 The greater than sign requires the stress point to be on RA. 1985 Math. Mag. 58 151 We should decide whether the equality sign should be replaced by a greater than sign or a less than sign. 2009 D. Kirsanov Bk. Inkscape 370 Everything between the less-than sign (<) and the greater-than sign (>) is a tag. < as lemmas |
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