[rare; by analogy with `bracket': a `broken bracket'] Either of the
characters < and >, when used as paired enclosing delimiters. This
word originated as a contraction of the phrase `broken bracket', that
is, a bracket that is bent in the middle. (At MIT, and apparently in
the {Real World} as well, these are usually called {angle brackets}.)
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {angle brackets}]