"bracketing" meaning in All languages combined

See bracketing on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bracketings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bracketing (plural bracketings)
  1. (architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-noun-JNg5zzT- Categories (other): Architecture Topics: architecture
  2. The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-noun-9RqbGyD8
  3. (linguistics) A technique used to display the internal structure of a string of elements, in a similar manner to that used in mathematics and symbolic logic.
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-noun-ErtJwbAk Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 73 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 12 75 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 83 3 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autobracketing, rebracketing

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bracketing
  1. present participle and gerund of bracket Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bracket
    Sense id: en-bracketing-en-verb-k04m3KDq

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "(linguistics) A technique used to display the internal structure of a string of elements, in a similar manner to that used in mathematics and symbolic logic."
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        "(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively."
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        "The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets."
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        "A technique used to display the internal structure of a string of elements, in a similar manner to that used in mathematics and symbolic logic."
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      ],
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